---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wage and Hour Law - Minor League Baseball Players - Exemption"
description: "Wage and Hour Law - Minor League Baseball Players - Exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 702"
citation: "Maryland HB 702 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-26"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b79d70d8-c31a-4143-985c-827b13df42e7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0702?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5c034f1e2bc1321bc48c4ae6e61331836b3c1fe3f42a7ecf45d87fb1db1f22a4"
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 HB 702 (2024) — Wage and Hour Law - Minor League Baseball Players - Exemption

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Wage and Hour Law - Minor League Baseball Players - Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_245_hb0702t.pdf)
2. **First - Wage and Hour Law - Minor League Baseball Players - Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0702f.pdf)
3. **Third - Wage and Hour Law - Minor League Baseball Players - Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0702t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **125–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-26** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-04** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Motion Special Order until 3/6 (Delegate Szeliga) Adopted
- **2024-03-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 245 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b79d70d8-c31a-4143-985c-827b13df42e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).