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SENATE BILL 91
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(PRE–FILED)
By: Senator Jackson
Requested: August 26, 2021
Introduced and read first time: January 12, 2022
Assigned to: Finance
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: February 21, 2022
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Business Regulation – Innkeepers – Maintenance of Guest Records and 2
Employee Human Trafficking Awareness Training and Policy 3
FOR the purpose of requiring innkeepers to establish and maintain a certain 4
record–keeping system for guest transactions and receipts; requiring the Governor’s 5
Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services and the Maryland 6
Department of Labor to approve certain training programs regarding human 7
trafficking; requiring innkeepers to take certain actions to provide employees with 8
training on the prevention, identification, and reporting of human trafficking; and 9
generally relating to innkeepers and human trafficking. 10
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 11
Article – Business Regulation 12
Section 15–201 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2015 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 15
BY adding to 16
Article – Business Regulation 17
Section 15–209 and 15–210 18
Annotated Code of Maryland 19
(2015 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 20
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 1
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 2
Article – Business Regulation 3
15–201. 4
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 5
(b) “Innkeeper” means the owner, operator, manager, or keeper of a lodging 6
establishment, or the agent of an owner, operator, manager, or keeper of a lodging 7
establishment. 8
(c) “Lodging establishment” means an inn, hotel, motel, or other establishment 9
that has at least four rooms available for a fee to transient guests for lodging or sleeping 10
purposes. 11
15–209. 12
(A) AN INNKEEPER SHALL ES TABLISH AND MAINTAIN A COMPUTERIZED 13
RECORD–KEEPING SYSTEM OF AL L GUEST TRANSACTIONS AND RECEIPTS. 14
(B) A RECORD MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION SHALL BE 15
RETAINED BY THE INNK EEPER FOR NOT LESS T HAN 6 MONTHS AFTER THE DAT E OF 16
THE CREATION OF THE RECORD. 17
15–210. 18
(A) (1) THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF CRIME PREVENTION, YOUTH, AND 19
VICTIM SERVICES AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL APPR OVE EDUCATIONAL 20
TRAINING PROGRAMS FO R THE ACCURATE AND P ROMPT IDENTIFICATION AND 21
REPORTING OF SUSPECT ED HUMAN TRAFFICKING . 22
(2) A TRAINING PROGRAM APP ROVED UNDER THI S SUBSECTION 23
MUST INCLUDE A VIDEO PRESENTATION THAT : 24
(I) DEFINES: 25
1. EXPLOITATION OF A CH ILD; AND 26
2. HUMAN TRAFFICKING ; AND 27
(II) OFFERS GUIDANCE TO E MPLOYEES OF INNKEEPE RS ON: 28
SENATE BILL 91 3
1. RECOGNIZING POTENTIA L VICTIMS OF HUMAN 1
TRAFFICKING; 2
2. THE DIFFERENCES BETW EEN LABOR AND SEX 3
TRAFFICKING THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE HOTE L INDUSTRY; 4
3. ACTIVITIES COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH HUMA N 5
TRAFFICKING; AND 6
4. THE ROLE OF EMPLOYEE S IN REPORTING AND 7
RESPONDING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 8
(B) (1) AN INNKEEPER SHALL PR OVIDE A NEW EMPLOYEE OF THE 9
LODGING ESTABLISHMEN T WITH THE ANNUAL TR AINING DESCRIBED IN 10
SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION WITH IN 45 90 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THE 11
EMPLOYEE IS HIRED . 12
(2) (I) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS 13
PARAGRAPH, ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1, 2023, AND EACH OCTOBER 1 14
THEREAFTER , AN INNKEEPER SHALL C ERTIFY TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT ALL 15
EMPLOYEES OF THE LOD GING ESTABLISHMENT H AVE RECEIVED THE ANN UAL 16
TRAINING PRESCRIBED BY THIS SECTION. 17
(II) THE REQUIREMENT UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH DOES NOT 18
APPLY TO AN EMPLOYEE FOR WHOM FEWER THAN 45 90 DAYS HAVE ELAPSED SI NCE 19
THE DATE THE EMPLOYE E WAS HIRED. 20
(C) AN INNKEEPER SHALL : 21
(1) ESTABLISH A PROCEDUR E FOR REPORTING POTE NTIAL 22
INSTANCES OF HUMAN T RAFFICKING BY: 23
(I) AN EMPLOYEE TO THE INNKEE PER; AND 24
(II) THE INNKEEPER TO THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF CRIME 25
PREVENTION, YOUTH, AND VICTIM SERVICES: 26
1. LAW ENFORCEMENT ; OR 27
2. THE NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING RESOURCE 28
CENTER HOTLINE; 29
(2) DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A HUMAN TR AFFICKING PREVENTION 30
POLICY FOR THE INNKE EPER’S EMPLOYEES THAT INC LUDES HOW TO : 31 4 SENATE BILL 91
(I) RECOGNIZE POTENTIAL VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRA FFICKING; 1
(II) RESPOND TO AN INDIVI DUAL WHO MAY BE OR I S A VICTIM OF 2
HUMAN TRAFFICKING ; AND 3
(III) CONNECT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO MAY BE OR IS A V ICTIM OF 4
HUMAN TRAFFICKING WI TH ANY AVAILABLE RES OURCES; AND 5
(3) POST PROMINENTLY THE SIGN DEVELOPED BY TH E DEPARTMENT 6
UNDER § 15–207 OF THIS SUBTITLE IN A LOCATION CONSPICUO US TO THE 7
INNKEEPER’S EMPLOYEES. 8
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 9
October 1, 2022. 10
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.