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Committee approves technical change to Montgomery County's minimum-wage reporting requirement

Montgomery County Council (joint work session with Health and Human Services Committee) · March 19, 2026
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Summary

A joint Montgomery County Council work session voted unanimously to approve Bill 1-26, removing the county's annual minimum-wage impact report requirement; staff said changes in state law and the loss of federal data have reduced the report's usefulness and the fiscal impact is de minimis.

A joint work session of the Montgomery County Council and the Health and Human Services Committee approved Bill 1-26 on a unanimous voice vote to remove the county's annual minimum-wage impact report requirement.

Michael Chan, who spoke during the session, thanked Council President Fani-Gonzalez for introducing the legislation and said he supported moving the measure forward. "That's making it harder for us to predict and…

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