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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal Law - Labor Trafficking (Anti-Exploitation Act of 2019)"
+description: "Criminal Law - Labor Trafficking (Anti-Exploitation Act of 2019)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 734"
+citation: "Maryland HB 734 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes", "Abduction", "Attorney General", "Crimes and Punishments", "Developmental Disabilities", "Disabilities", "Extortion", "Human Rights", "Human Trafficking", "Investigations and Inquiries", "Mental and Behavioral Health", "Penalties and Sentences", "State's Attorneys", "Threats", "Vulnerable Adults", "Work", "Labor and Employment"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["W. Fisher"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-08"
+last_action: "2019-04-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5de1132-c9b0-43ad-ae62-25a8b0143971"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB734&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
+source_hash: "d29c4d06c0df9757436de494af0c11ff991db851ea40c83d8b544dd05da24fda"
+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 734 (2019) — Criminal Law - Labor Trafficking (Anti-Exploitation Act of 2019)
+
+## 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/hb0734f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **138–1** (pass) · lower
+- No motion given — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- W. Fisher — primary (person)
+- Acevero — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Cardin — cosponsor (person)
+- Chang — cosponsor (person)
+- Charles — cosponsor (person)
+- Crosby — cosponsor (person)
+- Crutchfield — cosponsor (person)
+- Ivey — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
+- Lierman — cosponsor (person)
+- Moon — cosponsor (person)
+- Mosby — cosponsor (person)
+- Washington — cosponsor (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.
+- **2019-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {672211/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (138-1) `passage`
+- **2019-03-18** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-01** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-01** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-01** Second Reading Passed
+- **2019-04-02** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
+- **2019-04-03** Returned Passed
+- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 23 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5de1132-c9b0-43ad-ae62-25a8b0143971`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+