---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Utilities - For-Hire Drivers and Transportation Network Operators - Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Training and Liability"
description: "Public Utilities - For-Hire Drivers and Transportation Network Operators - Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Training and Liability"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 829"
citation: "Maryland HB 829 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "Allen", "Boyce", "Ebersole", "Fair", "Patterson", "S. Johnson", "Solomon", "Stinnett", "Wolek"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd6f3022-d91e-4402-a1b8-98fda51b4839"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0829?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "0ef5681d8eb6fb17e7ac488c8f30e8b757bc907c38ed130ab6bb08dd4ceb05e9"
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 829 (2026) — Public Utilities - For-Hire Drivers and Transportation Network Operators - Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Training and Liability

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Public Utilities - For-Hire Drivers and Transportation Network Operators - Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Training and Liability** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_279_hb0829e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Utilities - For-Hire Drivers and Transportation Network Operators - Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Training and Liability** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0829e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Utilities - For-Hire Drivers and Transportation Network Operators - Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Training and Liability** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0829f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Utilities - For-Hire Drivers and Transportation Network Operators - Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Training and Liability** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0829t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **123–3** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **131–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Johnson — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Stinnett — primary (person)
- Wolek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 279 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd6f3022-d91e-4402-a1b8-98fda51b4839`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).