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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Residential Child Care Programs - Education of Children and Training of Child and Youth Care Practitioners"
+description: "Residential Child Care Programs - Education of Children and Training of Child and Youth Care Practitioners"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 396"
+citation: "Maryland HB 396 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Addison", "Alston", "Amprey", "Boyce", "Conaway", "Crutchfield", "Ebersole", "Embry", "Forbes", "Hill", "Holmes", "J. Long", "Lewis", "Martinez", "McCaskill", "Mireku-North", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Phillips", "Pruski", "Ruff", "Schmidt", "Simmons", "Stein", "Stinnett", "Taveras", "Toles", "White Holland", "Williams", "Wilson", "Wims", "Young"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-22"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f62aaef0-aa04-4a43-a334-e567afdf972e"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0396?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "33c785817027afffcf18f4bf47e936afdb4f8a5e0b9a1dc58a71fb18abd9b472"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 396 (2026) — Residential Child Care Programs - Education of Children and Training of Child and Youth Care Practitioners
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Residential Child Care Programs - Education of Children and Training of Child and Youth Care Practitioners** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_640_hb0396e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Residential Child Care Programs - Education of Children and Training of Child and Youth Care Practitioners** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0396e.pdf)
+3. **First - Residential Child Care Programs - Education of Children and Training of Child and Youth Care Practitioners** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0396f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Residential Child Care Programs - Education of Children and Training of Child and Youth Care Practitioners** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0396t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **120–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **116–2** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acevero — primary (person)
+- Addison — primary (person)
+- Alston — primary (person)
+- Amprey — primary (person)
+- Boyce — primary (person)
+- Conaway — primary (person)
+- Crutchfield — primary (person)
+- Ebersole — primary (person)
+- Embry — primary (person)
+- Forbes — primary (person)
+- Hill — primary (person)
+- Holmes — primary (person)
+- J. Long — primary (person)
+- Lewis — primary (person)
+- Martinez — primary (person)
+- McCaskill — primary (person)
+- Mireku-North — primary (person)
+- Pasteur — primary (person)
+- Patterson — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Pruski — primary (person)
+- Ruff — primary (person)
+- Schmidt — primary (person)
+- Simmons — primary (person)
+- Stein — primary (person)
+- Stinnett — primary (person)
+- Taveras — primary (person)
+- Toles — primary (person)
+- White Holland — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+- Wilson — primary (person)
+- Wims — primary (person)
+- Young — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-22** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-02** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-02-02** Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-09** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 640 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f62aaef0-aa04-4a43-a334-e567afdf972e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+