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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Victims of Child Sex Trafficking and Human Trafficking - Safe Harbor and Service Response"
description: "Criminal Law - Victims of Child Sex Trafficking and Human Trafficking - Safe Harbor and Service Response"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 292"
citation: "Maryland SB 292 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth", "Folden", "Hettleman", "M. Washington", "Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16c3a156-794d-4a3c-95f5-7460c705ee85"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0292?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f8e07192798eb5b2ca4b1e015a0e5a94c2d8ffcd4c3d11e0f30fc5e440e22bfd"
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 292 (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](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_686_sb0292t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law - Victims of Child Sex Trafficking and Human Trafficking - Safe Harbor and Service Response** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0292f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law - Victims of Child Sex Trafficking and Human Trafficking - Safe Harbor and Service Response** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0292t.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Folden — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-27** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2023-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-21** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 686 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16c3a156-794d-4a3c-95f5-7460c705ee85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).