---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Regulation - Innkeepers - Maintenance of Guest Records and Employee Human Trafficking Awareness Training and Policy"
description: "Business Regulation - Innkeepers - Maintenance of Guest Records and Employee Human Trafficking Awareness Training and Policy"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 270"
citation: "Maryland HB 270 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ebersole", "Palakovich Carr", "Patterson", "Ruth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3470831-9f20-4174-97ca-16ea21f3ad4c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0270?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "05f69243b96895ed1d314b8f5ee2eb0954574bd547075ae244cad2a9757acb29"
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 270 (2022) — Business Regulation - Innkeepers - Maintenance of Guest Records and Employee Human Trafficking Awareness Training and Policy

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Business Regulation - Innkeepers - Maintenance of Guest Records and Employee Human Trafficking Awareness Training and Policy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_487_hb0270e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Business Regulation - Innkeepers - Maintenance of Guest Records and Employee Human Trafficking Awareness Training and Policy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0270e.pdf)
3. **First - Business Regulation - Innkeepers - Maintenance of Guest Records and Employee Human Trafficking Awareness Training and Policy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0270f.pdf)
4. **Third - Business Regulation - Innkeepers - Maintenance of Guest Records and Employee Human Trafficking Awareness Training and Policy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0270t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **123–12** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **34–13** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **122–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-17** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 487 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3470831-9f20-4174-97ca-16ea21f3ad4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).