---
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: "SB 912"
citation: "Maryland SB 912 (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: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9981a732-5a4f-4277-95b7-6b66af37d48b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB912&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "934ec656f52dd2e7547a5cab866ed6ce7b6bf3e7b619b398075c7623d297a218"
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 912 (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/sb/sb0912f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-13** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-15** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Hearing 3/30 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 (136-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 156 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9981a732-5a4f-4277-95b7-6b66af37d48b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).