Melissa R. Wells (born October 3, 1983) is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 40 since 2019.

After graduating, she worked as a policy assistant for the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies until 2014 and as a field advisor at Triple Point Interactions and program associate at PolicyLink until 2015.

[1] In March 2019, Wells voted against a bill that would allow Johns Hopkins University to have its own private police force.

[9] In 2022, she introduced a bill that would allow judges to grant a recess in eviction proceedings to allow parties to seek legal representation.

[12][13] During the 2019 legislative session, Wells introduced a bill that would cap Maryland Transit Administration fares at a monthly rate.