---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Trafficking – Required Posting"
description: "Human Trafficking – Required Posting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1198"
citation: "Maryland HB 1198 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law", "Social Services - Generally", "Administrative Agencies", "Clerks of Court", "Courts", "Human Trafficking", "Law Enforcement", "Marriage", "Notices", "Public Buildings and Facilities", "Public Information", "Signs and Billboards", "Social Services", "Social Workers", "Victims", "Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cox"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9bcd2a0-7718-4bd5-92a3-832bd542cdd7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1198&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "4a09e4beb387a819560557a16df27c10debaa593d50b5be506a5eb180bcb8889"
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 1198 (2019) — Human Trafficking – Required Posting

## 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/hb/hb1198f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-13** Hearing canceled
- **2019-02-13** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {482519/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Hearing 3/28 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Favorable with Amendments {548972/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 373 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9bcd2a0-7718-4bd5-92a3-832bd542cdd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).