{"bill":{"bill_key":"MD-HB1491-2010","title":"Criminal Law - Prohibited Sexual Acts - Exclusion for Private Consensual","side":"pro","state":"MD","year":2010,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Providing that prohibitions against specified prohibited sexual acts do not apply to specified consensual noncommercial sexual activity that takes place between consenting adults…","notes":"Repeal would align with the 2003 Lawrence v. Texas SCOTUS decision","types_str":"Repeal Anti-LGBTQ Laws: Anti-Sodomy","sponsor_mix":"D","url":"https://legiscan.com/MD/bill/HB1491/2010","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"H.B. 1491, 427th Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Md. 2010), https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Search/Legislation?target=/2010rs/billfile/HB1491.htm.","short":"Md. H.B. 1491."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Frank Conaway","party":"D","state":"MD","district":"HD-040","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-4531"}],"citations":[],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":3046,"pdf_href":"/bills/MD-HB1491-2010/pdf/0/intro"}]}}