---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment for Minors - Opportunities for Work (Job Opportunities for High School Students Act)"
description: "Employment for Minors - Opportunities for Work (Job Opportunities for High School Students Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 172"
citation: "Maryland SB 172 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosapepe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed80f742-9949-4fb9-aea9-89c1db50937f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0172?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "04dea443d0a005cc4261bbe5958db55312eccc53708454256d45a07d301f9093"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland SB 172 (2023) — Employment for Minors - Opportunities for Work (Job Opportunities for High School Students Act)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Employment for Minors - Opportunities for Work (Job Opportunities for High School Students Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_334_sb0172t.pdf)
2. **First - Employment for Minors - Opportunities for Work (Job Opportunities for High School Students Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0172f.pdf)
3. **Third - Employment for Minors - Opportunities for Work (Job Opportunities for High School Students Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0172t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Rosapepe — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-20** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-20** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 334 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed80f742-9949-4fb9-aea9-89c1db50937f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).