Public Utilities - For-Hire Drivers and Transportation Network Operators - Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Training and Liability
State of MarylandMarylandRequiring an applicant for certain for-hire driver's licenses to submit to the Public Service Commission documentation verifying that the applicant completed a certain human trafficking awareness training program; and prohibiting licensed taxicab drivers, for-hire drivers, or transportation network operators and applicants for a transportation network operator's license from being held civilly or criminally liable for reporting or responding to in good faith a suspected incident of human trafficking.
- Status
- Passed
- Signed or otherwise enacted
- Status date
- Apr 28, 2026
- 198 days ago
- Current chamber
- Senate
- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
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Bill details
- Last action
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 278 · Apr 28, 2026
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Subjects
- Utility Regulation
- Transportation - Generally
- Public Safety
- Annotated Code of Maryland
- Applicants and Applications
- Awareness and Outreach
- Counties
- Ethics
- Evidence
- For-Hire Driving
- Human Trafficking
- Job Training
- Liability
- Licenses
- Municipal Corporations
- Public Service Commission
- Reports
- Taxicabs
- Transportation
- Utilities
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