---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workgroup to Study Safe Harbor Policy for Youth Victims of Human Trafficking - Sunset Extension"
description: "Workgroup to Study Safe Harbor Policy for Youth Victims of Human Trafficking - Sunset Extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1017"
citation: "Maryland SB 1017 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Agencies", "Offices", "and Officials", "Committees and Commissions", "Crimes and Punishments", "Governor", "Human Rights", "Interstate Affairs", "Reports", "Safety", "Sunset", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/788b10aa-5c59-4947-bcbb-dca288114f54"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB1017&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "bfe0b0c2a51db39c892703313c0ba6951f0724fa0e44ccd46db55054ca36c4ed"
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 SB 1017 (2017) — Workgroup to Study Safe Harbor Policy for Youth Victims of Human Trafficking - Sunset Extension

## 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/sb/sb1017f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Favorable with Amendments {498371/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-27** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-27** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2017-04-04** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 164 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/788b10aa-5c59-4947-bcbb-dca288114f54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).