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IntroducedSep 30, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 19, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 13, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Commercial Law - Earned Wage Access - Revisions
Summary
Comments on SB 94
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Finance Committeeprimary
- Departmentalcosponsor
- Laborcosponsor
Votes
YES: 100
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Cullison
- Jones, D.
- Qi
- Taveras
- Addison
- Davis
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Taylor
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Terrasa
- Alston
- Edelson
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Toles
- Amprey
- Embry
- Korman
- Rogers
- Turner
- Bagnall
- Fair
- Lehman
- Rosenberg
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Feldmark
- Lewis
- Ross
- Vogel
- Bartlett
- Fennell
- Long, J.
- Ruff
- Watson
- Behler
- Foley
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Forbes
- Martinez
- Schindler
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- McCaskill
- Schmidt
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Guyton
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Williams
- Cardin
- Guzzone
- Moon
- Simmons
- Wilson
- Chang
- Harrison
- Moreno
- Simpson
- Wims
- Charkoudian
- Healey
- Odom
- Smith
- Wolek
- Clippinger
- Hill
- Palakovich Carr
- Solomon
- Woods
- Coley
- Holmes
- Pasteur
- Spiegel
- Woorman
- Conaway
- Ivey
- Patterson
- Stein
- Wu
- Crosby
- Johnson, A.
- Phillips
- Stewart
- Young
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, S.
- Pruski
- Stinnett
- Ziegler
NO: 36
ABSENT: 1
NOT VOTING: 4
Actions
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (100-36)
- Apr 11, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Economic Matters
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Mar 24, 2026 | House
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 20, 2026 | House
- Referred Economic Matters
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (32-13)
- Mar 17, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {383322/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 16, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Jan 20, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 1/29 at 3:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Finance
- Sep 30, 2025 | Senate
- Pre-filed
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - FinancePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Economic MattersPDF
- Video: FinanceHTML
- Video: Economic MattersHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Raymond, Max (Chamber of Progress)
- FIN Testimony, FWA -- Snyder, Co-Chair, Abby (Poverty Free Maryland)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Manno, Roger (Manno & Associates LLC)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Barkley- Denney, Whitney (CRL)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- White, Marceline (Economic Action Maryland)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Barnes, Andrea
- FIN Testimony, FWA -- Jones, Ricarra (1199seiu)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Rider, Tara (Brigit)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Crotty, Patrick (National Consumer Law Center)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Moore, Tonaeya (CASH Campaign of Maryland)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Hennen, Amy (Office of Financial Regulation, Maryland Department of Labor)
- FIN Testimony, FWA -- Russell, Sean (MVLS)
- FIN Testimony, FWA -- Wilson Randall, Claudia (Community Development Network of Maryland)
- FIN Testimony, FWA -- Torrence, James (No Boundaries Coalition Inc.)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Edwards, Donna (Maryland State & District of Columbia AFL-CIO)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Davis, Anthony
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Gilmore , Denise (AFSCME Maryland)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Leonard Howie, Deputy Attorney General (OAG)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Urisman, Ashley (American Fintech Council)
- FIN Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Nichols, Nora (Office of the Attorney General)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- White, Marceline (Economic Action Maryland)
- ECM Testimony, UNF -- LaRocco, Ben (EarnIn)
- ECM Testimony, UNF -- Rider, Tara (Brigit)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Fulginiti, Andrew (Maryland Department of Labor)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Edwards, Donna (Maryland State & District of Columbia AFL-CIO)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Muckle, Lonia (CASH Campaign of Maryland)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Barkley- Denney, Whitney (CRL)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- McKinney, Robin (Consumer Protection Commission)
- ECM Testimony, UNF -- Garcia, Leo (Financial Technology Association)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Themelis, Nina (Mayor's Office of Government Relations)
- ECM Testimony, UNF -- Flores, Claudia (DailyPay, Inc.)
