---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adult Entertainment Establishments - National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline Information - Sign Posting Requirements"
description: "Adult Entertainment Establishments - National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline Information - Sign Posting Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 221"
citation: "Maryland SB 221 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business Regulation and Occupations", "Administrative Agencies", "Commerce and Business", "Electronic Communication", "Fines", "Human Rights", "Notices", "Nudity and Sexual Displays", "Penalties and Sentences", "Privacy", "Telephones"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/124c5e87-7e70-45dd-b44c-67bcd40bf81d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB221&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "ea03b13c35345d50b8f83a2584d138686933dd5aab47d6b17af4442e707bd420"
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 221 (2017) — Adult Entertainment Establishments - National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline Information - Sign Posting Requirements

## 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/sb0221f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **45–2** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Manno — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-19** Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Favorable with Amendments {638779/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-02-23** Third Reading Passed (45-2) `passage`
- **2017-02-24** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {303593/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-06** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2017-04-06** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2017-04-06** Senators Ready, Smith, and Muse
- **2017-04-07** House Refuses to Recede
- **2017-04-07** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2017-04-07** Delegates Frick, Fisher, and Lisanti
- **2017-04-10** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (118-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 646 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/124c5e87-7e70-45dd-b44c-67bcd40bf81d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).