Maryland Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto of Minimum-Wage Rise

Maryland’s hourly minimum wage is to rise to $15 by 2025 for large employers and by 2026 for small employers from $10.10 after the legislature voted March 28 to override Gov. Larry Hogan’s (R) veto.

The legislature’s vote to override the governor’s March 27 veto of measures (S.B. 280, H.B. 166) to raise the state’s hourly minimum wage were nearly identical in both chambers to the votes cast when the measures were originally passed March 20 and sent to the governor. The House voted 96-43 and the Senate voted 32-15. A three-fifths majority in each chamber ...