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IntroducedFeb 02, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 10, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 08, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Program - Funding
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 09, 2026: Returned Passed
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 503
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 42
- Mr. President
- Feldman
- Hester
- Lam
- Rosapepe
- Attar
- Folden
- Hettleman
- Lewis Young
- Salling
- Augustine
- Gallion
- Jackson
- Love
- Simonaire
- Bailey
- Gile
- James
- Mautz
- Smith
- Beidle
- Guzzone
- Jennings
- McCray
- Waldstreicher
- Brooks
- Harris
- Kagan
- McKay
- Washington, A.
- Carozza
- Hayes
- King
- Muse
- West
- Charles
- Henson
- Kramer
- Ready
- Zucker
- Corderman
- Hershey
NO: 0
ABSENT: 4
NOT VOTING: 1
YES: 121
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Cullison
- Johnson, A.
- Pasteur
- Spiegel
- Acevero
- Davis
- Johnson, S.
- Patterson
- Stein
- Adams
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Phillips
- Stewart
- Addison
- Edelson
- Kaiser
- Pippy
- Stinnett
- Allen
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Pruski
- Stonko
- Amprey
- Fair
- Kerr
- Qi
- Taveras
- Anderson
- Feldmark
- Korman
- Queen
- Taylor
- Arentz
- Fennell
- Lehman
- Reilly
- Terrasa
- Bagnall
- Foley
- Lewis
- Roberson
- Toles
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Long, J.
- Roberts
- Tomlinson
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, R.
- Rogers
- Turner
- Beauchamp
- Griffith
- Lopez
- Rose
- Valderrama
- Behler
- Guyton
- Mangione
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Bhandari
- Guzzone
- Martinez
- Ross
- Watson
- Boyce
- Harrison
- McCaskill
- Ruff
- Wells
- Buckel
- Hartman
- McComas
- Ruth
- Wilkins
- Cardin
- Healey
- Metzgar
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilson
- Chang
- Hill
- Miller
- Schindler
- Wims
- Charkoudian
- Hinebaugh
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- Wolek
- Ciliberti
- Holmes
- Moon
- Shetty
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Hornberger
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Woorman
- Coley
- Hutchinson
- Morgan, T.
- Simpson
- Wu
- Conaway
- Ivey
- Odom
- Smith
- Young
- Crosby
- Jacobs
- Palakovich Carr
- Solomon
- Ziegler
- Crutchfield
NOT VOTING: 3
Actions
- Apr 09, 2026 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (121-12)
- Apr 03, 2026 | House
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Apr 02, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Ways and Means
- Mar 25, 2026 | House
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- Mar 16, 2026 | House
- Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 11, 2026 | House
- Referred Ways and Means
- Mar 10, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (42-0)
- Mar 06, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- Mar 03, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable
- Motion Special Order until 3/6 (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
- Mar 02, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation
- Feb 04, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 02, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Budget and Taxation
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Budget and TaxationPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Ways and MeansPDF
- Video: Budget and TaxationHTML
- Video: Ways and MeansHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- B&T In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Peusch, Christina (Maryland State Child Care Association)
- B&T Testimony, FAV -- Brown, Stacey (The Family Tree)
- B&T In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Cano, Christopher (SEIU Local 500)
- B&T Testimony, FAV -- King, Senator Nancy
- B&T Testimony, FAV -- O'Day, Garrett (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- B&T In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Eidman, Lacey (Maryland Family Network)
- B&T Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Brown, Stacey (The Family Tree)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Morrow, Beth
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Cano, Christopher (SEIU Local 500)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Anuszkiewicz, Brittany (Children's Opportunity Alliance)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- O'Day, Garrett (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Herbert-Forton, Suzanne (IATSE TWU Local 913)

