Department of Transportation - Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response (See Someone, Save Someone Act)
What this bill does
Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to develop and implement a certain training program for certain transportation-sector employees on the identification and reporting of human trafficking victims; requiring, by January 1, 2025, and each January 1 thereafter, employers to certify that all their employees have completed the training; requiring employers to provide a new employee with the required training within 90 days after the date of hire; requiring employers to establish certain reporting procedures; etc.
Analysis reads the bill text, the fiscal note, and the witness list. It is generated by Claude and reviewed by nobody, so check the source documents before you rely on it.
Testimony (30)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Price, Suzanne | Concerned Citizen | Position only |
| FAV | Gallagher, George | ICQ | Position only |
| FAV | Arias, Dianelobbyist | Maryland Catholic Conference | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Jordan, Lisae Clobbyist | Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA) | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Duncan, Essita | Maryland Commission for Women | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Spangler, Adam | Office of Attorney General | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Patterson, Delegate Edith J. | Women Legislators of Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | DOrazio, Peter | Year | Position only |
| FAV | Arshavsky, Svetlana | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Benjaminson, Heather | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Delegate Ebersole, Delegate Ebersolelegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Elbourn, James | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Katz, Janet | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Kolakoski, Virginia | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Meyerovich, Mark | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Pedersen, Stacy | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Pendleton, Davidlobbyist | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Phelps, Mary | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Sirkel, Robin | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Volkmar, Leslie | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Williams, Peggy | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | sirkel, jess | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | mcavoy, vince | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Blank, Amy | Baltimore County Commission for Women | Position only |
| FWA | Blackwell, Michelelobbyist | Uber Technologies, Inc | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Westervelt, Patricia | Maryland Department of Transportation | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Krienke, Janelobbyist | Maryland Hospital Association | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Rodriguez, Amanda | Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force/ TurnAround, Inc. | Oral |
| INFO | Hoover, Frederick | Maryland PublicService Commission | Written (PDF) |