republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2023/hb-297.md

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Bill	Criminal Law - Victims of Child Sex Trafficking and Human Trafficking - Safe Harbor and Service Response	Criminal Law - Victims of Child Sex Trafficking and Human Trafficking - Safe Harbor and Service Response	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2023	HB 297	Maryland HB 297 (2023)	bill		enacted	Acevero Bartlett Cardin Crutchfield D. Jones Forbes Griffith Lopez Moon Pasteur Phillips Simmons Simpson Taylor Williams Wilson	4	16	0	2023-01-25	2023-05-16	openstates	ocd-bill/f94d87e5-07c2-421b-aeb7-ee7c6204b3c9	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0297?ys=2023RS&search=True	1103c01cd8d0d6768172a0b7d5f3e868df61435eaa4c3c08faddf351c06d89c0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 297 (2023) — Criminal Law - Victims of Child Sex Trafficking and Human Trafficking - Safe Harbor and Service Response

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Criminal Law - Victims of Child Sex Trafficking and Human Trafficking - Safe Harbor and Service Response (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Criminal Law - Victims of Child Sex Trafficking and Human Trafficking - Safe Harbor and Service Response (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Criminal Law - Victims of Child Sex Trafficking and Human Trafficking - Safe Harbor and Service Response (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Criminal Law - Victims of Child Sex Trafficking and Human Trafficking - Safe Harbor and Service Response (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Acevero — primary (person)
• Bartlett — primary (person)
• Cardin — primary (person)
• Crutchfield — primary (person)
• D. Jones — primary (person)
• Forbes — primary (person)
• Griffith — primary (person)
• Lopez — primary (person)
• Moon — primary (person)
• Pasteur — primary (person)
• Phillips — primary (person)
• Simmons — primary (person)
• Simpson — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)
• Wilson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-25 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-01-26 Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2023-02-20 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-22 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-24 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2023-02-27 Referred Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2023-04-03 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-03 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-03 Motion Special Order until 4/4 (Senator Smith) Adopted
• 2023-04-04 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-04 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2023-04-07 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2023-04-10 House Concurs Senate Amendments
• 2023-04-10 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2023-04-10 Passed Enrolled
• 2023-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 687 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f94d87e5-07c2-421b-aeb7-ee7c6204b3c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).