---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Prosperity Act of 2023"
description: "Family Prosperity Act of 2023"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 552"
citation: "Maryland SB 552 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "Augustine", "Benson", "Carter", "Ellis", "Guzzone", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Kagan", "King", "Lam", "McCray", "President", "Rosapepe", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "Watson", "West", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ad3edf9-da1b-45d4-a14d-e26f53be7f1c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0552?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "20743dcfbba05f17c5c13014b84dccbdbc267b06ec192c715f02e084308a2472"
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 552 (2023) — Family Prosperity Act of 2023

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Family Prosperity Act of 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_3_sb0552t.pdf)
2. **First - Family Prosperity Act of 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0552f.pdf)
3. **Third - Family Prosperity Act of 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0552t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Administration — primary (person)
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2023-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-21** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-31** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 3 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ad3edf9-da1b-45d4-a14d-e26f53be7f1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).