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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal Law - Victims of Child Sex Trafficking and Human Trafficking - Safe Harbor and Service Response"
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description: "Criminal Law - Victims of Child Sex Trafficking and Human Trafficking - Safe Harbor and Service Response"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 297"
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citation: "Maryland HB 297 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Bartlett", "Cardin", "Crutchfield", "D. Jones", "Forbes", "Griffith", "Lopez", "Moon", "Pasteur", "Phillips", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Taylor", "Williams", "Wilson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2023-01-25"
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last_action: "2023-05-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f94d87e5-07c2-421b-aeb7-ee7c6204b3c9"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0297?ys=2023RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "1103c01cd8d0d6768172a0b7d5f3e868df61435eaa4c3c08faddf351c06d89c0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 297 (2023) — Criminal Law - Victims of Child Sex Trafficking and Human Trafficking - Safe Harbor and Service Response
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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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_687_hb0297e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Criminal Law - Victims of Child Sex Trafficking and Human Trafficking - Safe Harbor and Service Response** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0297e.pdf)
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3. **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/hb/hb0297f.pdf)
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4. **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/hb/hb0297t.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Acevero — primary (person)
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- Bartlett — primary (person)
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- Cardin — primary (person)
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- Crutchfield — primary (person)
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- D. Jones — primary (person)
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- Forbes — primary (person)
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- Griffith — primary (person)
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- Lopez — primary (person)
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- Moon — primary (person)
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- Pasteur — primary (person)
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- Phillips — primary (person)
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- Simmons — primary (person)
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- Simpson — primary (person)
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- Taylor — primary (person)
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- Williams — primary (person)
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- Wilson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-25** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-26** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2023-02-20** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-22** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-02-27** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-03** Motion Special Order until 4/4 (Senator Smith) Adopted
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- **2023-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
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- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
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- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 687 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f94d87e5-07c2-421b-aeb7-ee7c6204b3c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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