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type: "Bill"
title: "Labor and Employment - Secure Maryland Wage Act"
description: "Labor and Employment - Secure Maryland Wage Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 685"
citation: "Maryland HB 685 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valderrama"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e70a5a8c-757c-4b54-bfde-b7371e19e763"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0685?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "19799fb360ac5cf88dfb9c29ebdb1b9d36575d51636e12c963a94dc4b673f94e"
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 685 (2021) — Labor and Employment - Secure Maryland Wage Act
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Labor and Employment - Secure Maryland Wage Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_671_hb0685t.pdf)
2. **First - Labor and Employment - Secure Maryland Wage Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0685f.pdf)
3. **Third - Labor and Employment - Secure Maryland Wage Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0685t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **9141** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **3015** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Valderrama — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-26** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** Hearing 2/09 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-02** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Rereferred to Finance
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 671 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e70a5a8c-757c-4b54-bfde-b7371e19e763`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).