---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial Driver's Licenses - Recognition, Prevention, and Reporting of Human Trafficking"
description: "Commercial Driver's Licenses - Recognition, Prevention, and Reporting of Human Trafficking"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 146"
citation: "Maryland SB 146 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration", "Commerce and Business", "Communications", "Curriculum", "Data", "Disclosure", "Driver Education", "Drivers' Licenses", "Human Trafficking", "Motor Vehicle Administration", "Notices", "Reports", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41c20236-37ef-4f22-a963-5a29dee3e3a2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB146&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "00e58887c7c664615d311801a3aaf017b5d578dc70dcb9c31ef047fb495306f8"
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 146 (2019) — Commercial Driver's Licenses - Recognition, Prevention, and Reporting of Human 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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0146f.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Washington — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-05** Favorable with Amendments {278079/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-05** Committee Amendment Adopted
- **2019-02-05** Special Order until 2/6 (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2019-02-07** Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-07** Floor Amendment {753222/2 (Senator Jennings) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-02-11** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2019-02-12** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable with Amendments {580513/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-01** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (136-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 233 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41c20236-37ef-4f22-a963-5a29dee3e3a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).