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IntroducedFeb 06, 2023
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Passed SenateMar 17, 2023
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Passed HouseApr 04, 2023
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Signed into LawApr 11, 2023
Fair Wage Act of 2023
Last Action See all actions
executive • Apr 11, 2023: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 2
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Official Summary/Bill Text
Comments on SB 555
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 102
- Speaker
- Charles
- Healey
- McCaskill
- Stein
- Acevero
- Clippinger
- Henson
- Mireku-North
- Stewart
- Addison
- Conaway
- Hill
- Moon
- Taveras
- Allen
- Crosby
- Holmes
- Palakovich Carr
- Taylor
- Alston
- Crutchfield
- Ivey
- Pasteur
- Terrasa
- Amprey
- Cullison
- Jackson
- Patterson
- Toles
- Anderton
- Davis
- Johnson, A.
- Pena-Melnyk
- Turner
- Attar
- Ebersole
- Johnson, S.
- Phillips
- Valderrama
- Atterbeary
- Edelson
- Jones, D.
- Pruski
- Vogel
- Bagnall
- Embry
- Kaiser
- Qi
- Watson
- Barnes, B.
- Fair
- Kaufman
- Queen
- Wells
- Barnes, D.
- Feldmark
- Kerr
- Rogers
- White
- Bartlett
- Fennell
- Korman
- Rosenberg
- Wilkins
- Barve
- Foley
- Lehman
- Ruth
- Williams
- Bhandari
- Forbes
- Lewis, J.
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilson
- Boafo
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lewis, R.
- Shetty
- Wolek
- Boyce
- Grossman
- Long, J.
- Simmons
- Woods
- Bridges
- Guyton
- Lopez
- Simpson
- Wu
- Cardin
- Guzzone
- Love
- Smith
- Young
- Chang
- Harris
- Martinez
- Solomon
- Ziegler
- Charkoudian
- Harrison
NO: 38
OTHER: 0
YES: 41
- Adams
- Fisher
- Howard
- Metzgar
- Reilly
- Anderton
- Ghrist
- Hutchinson
- Miller
- Rose
- Arentz
- Grammer
- Jacobs
- Morgan, M.
- Schmidt
- Arikan
- Griffith
- Johnson, S.
- Morgan, T.
- Stonko
- Baker
- Guyton
- Kipke
- Munoz
- Szeliga
- Bouchat
- Hartman
- Long, R.
- Nawrocki
- Tomlinson
- Buckel
- Hinebaugh
- Mangione
- Otto
- Valentine
- Chisholm
- Hornberger
- McComas
- Pippy
- Wivell
- Ciliberti
NO: 98
- Speaker
- Charles
- Healey
- Moon
- Stewart
- Acevero
- Clippinger
- Henson
- Palakovich Carr
- Taveras
- Addison
- Conaway
- Holmes
- Pasteur
- Taylor
- Allen
- Crosby
- Ivey
- Patterson
- Terrasa
- Alston
- Crutchfield
- Jackson
- Pena-Melnyk
- Toles
- Amprey
- Cullison
- Johnson, A.
- Phillips
- Turner
- Attar
- Davis
- Jones, D.
- Pruski
- Valderrama
- Atterbeary
- Ebersole
- Kaiser
- Qi
- Vogel
- Bagnall
- Edelson
- Kaufman
- Queen
- Watson
- Barnes, B.
- Embry
- Kerr
- Rogers
- Wells
- Barnes, D.
- Fair
- Korman
- Rosenberg
- White
- Bartlett
- Feldmark
- Lehman
- Ruth
- Wilkins
- Barve
- Fennell
- Lewis, J.
- Sample-Hughes
- Williams
- Bhandari
- Foley
- Lewis, R.
- Shetty
- Wilson
- Boafo
- Forbes
- Long, J.
- Simmons
- Wolek
- Boyce
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lopez
- Simpson
- Woods
- Bridges
- Grossman
- Love
- Smith
- Wu
- Cardin
- Guzzone
- Martinez
- Solomon
- Young
- Chang
- Harris
- McCaskill
- Stein
- Ziegler
- Charkoudian
- Harrison
- Mireku-North
NOT VOTING: 1
Actions
- Apr 11, 2023 | executive
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 2
- Apr 05, 2023 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 04, 2023 | House
- Floor Amendment {943227/1 (Delegate Buckel) Rejected (41-98)
- Third Reading Passed (102-38)
- Apr 03, 2023 | House
- Favorable Report by Economic Matters
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Mar 22, 2023 | House
- Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 20, 2023 | House
- Referred Economic Matters
- Mar 17, 2023 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (31-14)
- Mar 16, 2023 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Favorable with Amendments {263122/1
- Motion Laid Over (Senator McKay) Adopted
- Favorable with Amendments {263122/1 Adopted
- Floor Amendment {753125/1 (Senator McKay) Rejected (16-31)
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 08, 2023 | Senate
- Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
- Feb 06, 2023 | Senate
- First Reading Finance and Budget and Taxation
Bill Texts
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - FinancePDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Budget and TaxationPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Economic MattersPDF
- Video: FinanceHTML
- Video: Economic MattersHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- FIN Testimony, FWA -- Malone, Robert (The Arc Prince George's County)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Barron-Menza, Alissa (Business for a Fair Minimum Wage)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Schaefer, Gina (A Few Cool Hardware Stores)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Lastoria, Michael (&pizza)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Roessler, Glenn (Vigilante Coffee Company)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Morrison, Pia (SEIU Local 500)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Siri, Michelle (The Women's Law Center of Maryland)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Seyedian, Aaron (Well-Paid Maids)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Reynolds, Todd (AFT Maryland)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Elrich, Marc (Montgomery County Government)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Rosen-Cohen, Nancy (NCADD-Maryland)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Whetsell, Scott (Maryland-DC Society of Addiction Medicine)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Edwards, Donna (Maryland State & DC AFL-CIO)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- McCauley, Kirk (WMDA - service station, convenience stores and repair facilities)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Darragh, Kerry (The Horizon Foundation)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Griffin, Andrew (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Guy, Randy (Commissioners of St. Mary's County)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Koravos, JoAnne (Montgomery County Women's Democratic Club)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Ramirez, Diana (National Women's Law Center)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Hicks, Myles
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Smalls, Cindy (AFSCME)
- FIN Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Sunborn, Courtney (Ecolistic Cleaning)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Phelps, Jr., Kenneth (Maryland Episcopal Public Policy Network)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- DeMattos, Joseph (Health Facilities Association of Maryland (HFAM))
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Jervey, Trap (Maryland Rise)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Anderson, Kevin (Maryland Department of Commerce)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Rodwin, David (Public Justice Center)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Hale, Terry (Cecil County Councils Office)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Gobel, Christian (Maryland State Education Association)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Schagrin, Judith (National Association of Social Workers - Maryland Chapter)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Vaughan, Regan (Catholic Charities of Baltimore)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Kemerer, Hannibal (Office of Attorney General)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- White, Marceline
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Hudson, Lee (Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Rohrer, Amy (Maryland Hotel Lodging Association)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Kraska, MJ (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Howell, Laura
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Meyer, Christopher (Maryland Center on Economic Policy)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Greenberg, Joshua (Baltimore County)
- FIN Testimony, FWA -- Doyle, Lori
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Gould, Elise (Economic Policy Institute)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Stoica, Ioana (Job Opportunities Task Force)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Kauffman, Danna
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Natesan, Krishnan (Love AME Church)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Yudelevit, Paula (HART for Animals, Inc)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Colchamiro, Eric (Alzheimers Association)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Graziano, Lauren (Maryland Multi Housing Association)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Kolakoski, Virginia
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- McCoy, Juli (Allegany County Chamber of Commerce)
- FIN Testimony, FWA -- Lewis, Katie (Cecil County Chamber of Commerce)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Allen, Susan
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Quinn, John (BGE)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Bogdan, Henry (Maryland Nonprofits)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Dumais, Brige (1199SEIU UHE)
- FIN Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Progressive Caucus, Lower Shore (Lower Shore Progressive Caucus)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Davis, Anthony
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Pittman, Steuart (Anne Arundel County Executive)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Mock, Kayla (UFCW 400)
- FIN Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- ECM Testimony, UNF -- Guy, Randy (Commissioners of St. Mary's County)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Simon, Travis
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- London, Rachel (Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Schumitz, Kali (Maryland Center on Economic Policy)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Gobel, Christian (Maryland State Education Association)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Bogdan, Henry (Maryland Nonprofits)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Hicks, Myles
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Doyle, Lori
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Smalls, Cindy (AFSCME)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Kraska, MJ (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Schagrin, Judith (National Association of Social Workers - Maryland Chapter)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Whetsell, Scott (Maryland-DC Society of Addiction Medicine)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Rosen-Cohen, Nancy (NCADD-Maryland)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Fulginiti, Andrew (Maryland Department of Labor)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Allen, Susan
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Greenberg, Joshua (Baltimore County)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- DeMattos, Joseph (Health Facilities Association of Maryland (HFAM))
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Riley, Denise
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- ECM Testimony, UNF -- Griffin, Andrew (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Jervey, Trap (Maryland Rise)
- ECM Testimony, UNF -- Costello, Christopher
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Siri, Michelle (The Women's Law Center of Maryland)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Anderson, Kevin (Maryland Department of Commerce)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Edwards, Donna (Maryland State & DC AFL-CIO)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Pittman, Steuart (Anne Arundel County Executive)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Barron-Menza, Alissa (Business for a Fair Minimum Wage)