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IntroducedFeb 04, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 12, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Early Childhood Educator Career Ladder for Private Providers - New Pathways
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 06, 2026: Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 748
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 132
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, A.
- Odom
- Stinnett
- Acevero
- Davis
- Johnson, S.
- Palakovich Carr
- Stonko
- Adams
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Pasteur
- Szeliga
- Addison
- Edelson
- Kaiser
- Patterson
- Taveras
- Allen
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Phillips
- Taylor
- Alston
- Fair
- Kerr
- Pruski
- Terrasa
- Amprey
- Fennell
- Kipke
- Queen
- Toles
- Anderson
- Fisher
- Korman
- Reilly
- Tomlinson
- Arentz
- Foley
- Lehman
- Roberson
- Turner
- Arikan
- Forbes
- Lewis
- Rogers
- Valderrama
- Bagnall
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, J.
- Rose
- Valentine
- Baker
- Ghrist
- Long, R.
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Barnes
- Grammer
- Lopez
- Ross
- Watson
- Bartlett
- Griffith
- Mangione
- Ruff
- Wells
- Beauchamp
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Behler
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilkins
- Bhandari
- Harrison
- McComas
- Schindler
- Williams
- Boyce
- Hartman
- Metzgar
- Schmidt
- Wilson
- Buckel
- Healey
- Miller
- Shetty
- Wims
- Cardin
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Simmons
- Wivell
- Chang
- Hinebaugh
- Moon
- Simpson
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Holmes
- Moreno
- Smith
- Woods
- Chisholm
- Hornberger
- Morgan, M.
- Solomon
- Woorman
- Ciliberti
- Howard
- Morgan, T.
- Spiegel
- Wu
- Clippinger
- Hutchinson
- Nawrocki
- Stein
- Young
- Coley
- Ivey
- Nkongolo
- Stewart
- Ziegler
- Conaway
- Jacobs
NO: 0
Actions
- Apr 06, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Mar 15, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 13, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Mar 12, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (132-0)
- Mar 10, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments {913026/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 09, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
- Feb 11, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 04, 2026 | House
- First Reading Ways and Means
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Early Childhood Educator Career Ladder for Private Providers - Repeal of DeadlinesPDF
- Amendments {913026/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Third - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Early Childhood Educator Career Ladder for Private Providers - New PathwaysPDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Ways and MeansPDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
- Video: Ways and MeansHTML
- Video: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- W&M Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- DANIELS, RUBY (MSFCCA)
- W&M In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Colmers, Elly (Compass Advocacy)
- W&M Testimony, FWA -- Jahromi, Laura (Children's Opportunity Alliance)
- W&M In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Peusch, Christina (Maryland State Child Care Association)
- W&M In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Hudson, Bill (Family Child Care Alliance of Maryland)
- W&M Testimony, FWA -- Harper, Yvonne (Maryland State Department of Education)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Mireku-North, Bernice (Maryland House of Delegates)


