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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Repeal of Spousal Defense"
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description: "Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Repeal of Spousal Defense"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 4"
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citation: "Maryland HB 4 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Boyce", "Crutchfield", "Cullison", "D. Barnes", "Davis", "Foley", "Harrison", "Henson", "Hill", "Kaiser", "Kelly", "Palakovich Carr", "Patterson", "Reznik", "Sample-Hughes", "Shetty", "Solomon", "Stewart", "Toles", "Wells", "Williams"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2022-11-01"
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last_action: "2023-05-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c8c356d-7c8a-467c-922a-fb7a48e72803"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0004?ys=2023RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "9e880530570756cd58887f09c481b760b7ff8ce6c4b760ad73f3e5af984d0b81"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 4 (2023) — Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Repeal of Spousal Defense
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Repeal of Spousal Defense** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_728_hb0004t.pdf)
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2. **First - Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Repeal of Spousal Defense** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0004f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Repeal of Spousal Defense** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0004t.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Acevero — primary (person)
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- Boyce — primary (person)
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- Crutchfield — primary (person)
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- Cullison — primary (person)
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- D. Barnes — primary (person)
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- Davis — primary (person)
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- Foley — primary (person)
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- Harrison — primary (person)
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- Henson — primary (person)
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- Hill — primary (person)
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- Kaiser — primary (person)
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- Kelly — primary (person)
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- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
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- Patterson — primary (person)
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- Reznik — primary (person)
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- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
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- Shetty — primary (person)
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- Solomon — primary (person)
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- Stewart — primary (person)
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- Toles — primary (person)
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- Wells — primary (person)
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- Williams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-11-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
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- **2023-01-11** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-12** Hearing 1/19 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2023-02-27** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-03-03** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
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- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 728 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c8c356d-7c8a-467c-922a-fb7a48e72803`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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