---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fair Wage Act of 2023"
description: "Fair Wage Act of 2023"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 555"
citation: "Maryland SB 555 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "Augustine", "Benson", "Carter", "Ellis", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Kagan", "King", "Kramer", "Lam", "M. Washington", "McCray", "Muse", "President", "Rosapepe", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1890df95-0cc3-41a0-8489-7851674d1a2d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0555?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "22561d3f7610b3f0211cc91a19073ff938bc47b50670b6b6c2a14fc247f6ebdc"
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 555 (2023) — Fair Wage Act of 2023

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Fair Wage Act of 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_2_sb0555t.pdf)
2. **First - Fair Wage Act of 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0555f.pdf)
3. **Third - Fair Wage Act of 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0555t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Administration — primary (person)
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Finance and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Motion Laid Over (Senator McKay) Adopted
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 2 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1890df95-0cc3-41a0-8489-7851674d1a2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).