---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children - Labor Trafficking"
description: "Children - Labor Trafficking"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 550"
citation: "Maryland SB 550 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sydnor"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0eb35155-0202-4860-8df4-eb2e3cd85512"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0550?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6755cebaa4c3a63c8b2fd5df94c178e5b658cb14e633e0e173de5cc73844b37a"
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 550 (2024) — Children - Labor Trafficking

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Children - Labor Trafficking** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_348_sb0550e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Children - Labor Trafficking** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0550e.pdf)
3. **First - Children - Labor Trafficking** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0550f.pdf)
4. **Third - Children - Labor Trafficking** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0550t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sydnor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-12** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-12** Hearing 2/16 at 10:00 a.m.
- **2024-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-16** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 348 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0eb35155-0202-4860-8df4-eb2e3cd85512`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).