(a)   Evidence relating to a victim's reputation for chastity or abstinence
and opinion evidence relating to a victim's chastity or abstinence may
not be admitted in a prosecution for:
    (1)   a crime specified under this subtitle or a lesser included crime;
    (2)   the sexual abuse of a minor under § 3-602 of this title or a lesser
included crime; or
    (3)   the sexual abuse of a vulnerable adult under § 3-604 of this title or
a lesser included crime.
  (b)   Evidence of a specific instance of a victim's prior sexual conduct may
be admitted in a prosecution described in subsection (a) of this
section only if the judge finds that:
    (1)   the evidence is relevant;
    (2)   the evidence is material to a fact in issue in the case;
    (3)   the inflammatory or prejudicial nature of the evidence does not
outweigh its probative value; and
    (4)   the evidence:
      (i)   is of the victim's past sexual conduct with the defendant;
      (ii)   is of a specific instance of sexual activity showing the source or
origin of semen, pregnancy, disease, or trauma;
      (iii)   supports a claim that the victim has an ulterior motive to accuse the
defendant of the crime; or
      (iv)   is offered for impeachment after the prosecutor has put the victim's
prior sexual conduct in issue.
  (c)   (1)   Evidence described in subsection (a) or (b) of this section may not be
referred to in a statement to a jury or introduced in a trial unless
the court has first held a closed hearing and determined that the
evidence is admissible.
    (2)   The court may reconsider a ruling excluding the evidence and hold an
additional closed hearing if new information is discovered during the
course of the trial that may make the evidence admissible.
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