---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Labor Trafficking (Anti-Exploitation Act of 2019)"
description: "Criminal Law - Labor Trafficking (Anti-Exploitation Act of 2019)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 689"
citation: "Maryland SB 689 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes", "Attorney General", "Crimes and Punishments", "Developmental Disabilities", "Disabilities", "Human Rights", "Human Trafficking", "Investigations and Inquiries", "Mental and Behavioral Health", "Penalties and Sentences", "State's Attorneys", "Threats", "Vulnerable Adults", "Work", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c32a26e6-815a-47dc-8496-dde1a8ce7a57"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB689&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "88f57b0f2aba110aa910c3a34a7b34f7fa7716d3ddfd6dac8979a01d55c48aff"
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 689 (2019) — Criminal Law - Labor Trafficking (Anti-Exploitation Act of 2019)

## 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/sb0689f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- Elfreth — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hough — cosponsor (person)
- Ready — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Waldstreicher — cosponsor (person)
- Washington — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Zirkin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Hearing 2/22 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Favorable with Amendments {358674/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-19** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-03** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-04** Third Reading Passed (134-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 24 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c32a26e6-815a-47dc-8496-dde1a8ce7a57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).