Bill Title: Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Definition of Consent and Repeal of Force

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 53-4)

Status: (Passed) 2024-05-16 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 761 [HB496 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

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Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Delegate Emily Shetty [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-018	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Elizabeth Embry [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Gabriel Acevero [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-039	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Carl Anderton [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-038	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Lauren Arikan [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-007	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Dalya Attar [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-041	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Vanessa Atterbeary [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-013	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Heather Bagnall [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-033	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Ben Barnes [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-021	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Sandy Bartlett [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-032	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Adrian Boafo [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-023	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Regina Boyce [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Mark Chang [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-032	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Lorig Charkoudian [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-020	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Frank Conaway [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-040	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Brian Crosby [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-029	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Charlotte Crutchfield [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-019	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Bonnie Cullison [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-019	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Kris Fair [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-003	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Delegate Jessica Feldmark [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-012	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Linda Foley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-015	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Catherine Forbes [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Robin Grammer [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-006	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Brooke Grossman [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-002	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Delegate Michele Guyton [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-042	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Pam Guzzone [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-013	FollowTheMoney	N/A	VoteSmart
Delegate Dana Jones [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-030	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Anne Kaiser [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-014	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Aaron Kaufman [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-018	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Robbyn Lewis [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-046	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Lesley Lopez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-039	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Sara Love [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-016	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Aletheia McCaskill [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-044	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Bernice Mireku-North [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-014	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Rachel Munoz [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-031	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Julie Palakovich Carr [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-017	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Cheryl Pasteur [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-011	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-021	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Scott Phillips [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-010	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Kent Roberson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-025	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Samuel Rosenberg [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-041	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Sheila Ruth [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-044	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Gary Simmons [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-012	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Delegate Karen Simpson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-003	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Delegate Stephanie Smith [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-045	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Jared Solomon [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-018	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Ryan Spiegel [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-017	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Dana Stein [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-011	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Kym Taylor [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-023	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Jen Terrasa [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-013	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Karen Toles [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-025	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Joe Vogel [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-017	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Delegate Melissa Wells [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-040	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Jennifer White Holland [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-010	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Nicole Williams [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-022	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Sarah Wolek [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-016	N/A	N/A	N/A
Delegate Chao Wu [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-009	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A

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