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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Human Trafficking – Required Posting"
+description: "Human Trafficking – Required Posting"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 1198"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1198 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Family Law", "Social Services - Generally", "Administrative Agencies", "Clerks of Court", "Courts", "Human Trafficking", "Law Enforcement", "Marriage", "Notices", "Public Buildings and Facilities", "Public Information", "Signs and Billboards", "Social Services", "Social Workers", "Victims", "Welfare"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cox"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-02-08"
+last_action: "2019-04-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9bcd2a0-7718-4bd5-92a3-832bd542cdd7"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1198&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
+source_hash: "4a09e4beb387a819560557a16df27c10debaa593d50b5be506a5eb180bcb8889"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 1198 (2019) — Human Trafficking – Required Posting
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb1198f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **138–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cox — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-11** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2019-02-13** Hearing canceled
+- **2019-02-13** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2019-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {482519/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
+- **2019-03-18** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-21** Hearing 3/28 at 12:00 p.m.
+- **2019-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-05** Favorable with Amendments {548972/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) `passage`
+- **2019-04-08** House Concur - Senate Amendments
+- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
+- **2019-04-08** Passed Enrolled
+- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 373 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9bcd2a0-7718-4bd5-92a3-832bd542cdd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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