People standing trial for killing a partner will no longer be able to say the death was caused during consensual rough sex.
People facing criminal charges in England and Wales won't be able to rely on "consent for sexual gratification" as a defence for causing serious harm.
Justice Secretary Robert Buckland welcomed changes to the Domestic Violence Bill.
Other changes include recognition for children as victims of domestic abuse.
It would also introduce the first legal Government definition of domestic abuse, which would include economic abuse and controlling and manipulative non-physical behaviour.
Home Office minister Victoria Atkins outlined moves to stop the use of the so-called "rough sex defence", which she told MPs is mainly used by men.
This follows a long-running campaign to stop abusers who kill their partners from claiming their victims were a willing participant in a sex game gone wrong in a bid to reduce murder charges to manslaughter or get a less severe sentence.
Ms Atkins told the Commons: "We've been clear that there is no such defence to serious harm which results from rough sex.
"But there is a perception that such a defence exists and that it is being used by men, and it is mostly men in these types of cases, to avoid convictions for serious offences or to receive a reduction in any sentence where they are convicted."
