Maryland House Bill 385

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-1)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-20 - Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Requiring, beginning July 1, 2026, each business that uses a point-of-sale system that automatically prompts a customer to leave a tip to disclose that the tip is for employees and display a tip amount that is set at zero or a "no-tip" option, subject to certain conditions; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor and the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General to make information about the requirements of the Act available on the agencies' public websites; etc.

Consumer Protection - Automatic Tip Prompt Screen - Requirements

Del. Mary Lehman [D]	Del. Gabriel Acevero [D]	Del. Nick Allen [D]	Del. Heather Bagnall [D]
Del. Linda Foley [D]	Del. Michele Guyton [D]	Del. Kevin Harris [D]	Del. Julian Ivey [D]
Del. Dana Jones [D]	Del. Aaron Kaufman [D]	Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Jeffrie Long [D]
Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Del. Scott Phillips [D]	Del. Andrew Pruski [D]	Del. Stuart Schmidt [R]
Del. Vaughn Stewart [D]	Del. Deni Taveras [D]	Del. Kym Taylor [D]	Del. Nicole Williams [D]
Del. Jamila Woods [D]	Del. Chao Wu [D]	Del. Natalie Ziegler [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-20	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2025-02-20	House	Favorable with Amendments {623923/1 Adopted
2025-02-19	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
2025-01-16	House	Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
2025-01-16	House	First Reading Economic Matters

HB419 (Carry Over) 2024-03-19 - Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Commercial Law	13	301	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Commercial Law	14	1328	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0385?ys=2025RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0385f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0385t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/amds/bil_0005/hb0385_62392301.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/votes_comm/hb0385_ecm.pdf