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Bill	Public Utilities - For-Hire Drivers and Transportation Network Operators - Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Training and Liability	Public Utilities - For-Hire Drivers and Transportation Network Operators - Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Training and Liability	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	SB 473	Maryland SB 473 (2026)	bill	A	enacted	Hester Hettleman Love	3	13	2	2026-02-02	2026-04-28	openstates	ocd-bill/305d4c23-802c-4d8e-9eca-e32bfa258ab3	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0473?ys=2026RS	44e8e653a3089c7e2e1af38ee2e2240bc68340d652dacf0be2cf10f2216a8221	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 473 (2026) — Public Utilities - For-Hire Drivers and Transportation Network Operators - Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Training and Liability

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Public Utilities - For-Hire Drivers and Transportation Network Operators - Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Training and Liability (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Public Utilities - For-Hire Drivers and Transportation Network Operators - Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Training and Liability (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Public Utilities - For-Hire Drivers and Transportation Network Operators - Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Training and Liability (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 128–4 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hester — primary (person)
• Hettleman — primary (person)
• Love — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-02 First Reading Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-04 Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-03-09 Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-10 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-10 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-03-12 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-13 Referred Environment and Transportation referral-committee
• 2026-03-25 Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-04-03 Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-03 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-08 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-08 Returned Passed
• 2026-04-28 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 278 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/305d4c23-802c-4d8e-9eca-e32bfa258ab3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).