---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children in Need of Assistance - Sex Trafficking"
description: "Children in Need of Assistance - Sex Trafficking"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1219"
citation: "Maryland HB 1219 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law", "Human Rights", "Juvenile Causes", "Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19bc06b8-50a0-4ab6-9b04-6219e7f819dc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1219&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "549051690ffc414dc48fe2ad551a92c80ee10cee33b5627cfbdbb4f26e9e4cbe"
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 1219 (2017) — Children in Need of Assistance - Sex Trafficking

## 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/2017RS/bills/hb/hb1219f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-10** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-06** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-09** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-10** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-07** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 157 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19bc06b8-50a0-4ab6-9b04-6219e7f819dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).