---
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: "SB 473"
citation: "Maryland SB 473 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Hettleman", "Love"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/305d4c23-802c-4d8e-9eca-e32bfa258ab3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0473?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "44e8e653a3089c7e2e1af38ee2e2240bc68340d652dacf0be2cf10f2216a8221"
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 473 (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_278_sb0473t.pdf)
2. **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/sb/sb0473f.pdf)
3. **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/sb/sb0473t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **128–4** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 278 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/305d4c23-802c-4d8e-9eca-e32bfa258ab3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).