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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Early Childhood Educator Career Ladder for Private Providers - New Pathways"
+description: "Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Early Childhood Educator Career Ladder for Private Providers - New Pathways"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 748"
+citation: "Maryland HB 748 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mireku-North", "Palakovich Carr"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-04"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8cc9de8-631f-47bc-85e2-216e52ec088b"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0748?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "9e260cde2c9e98e1f02e5e2a00446849233dcdec47c6af36c8245eca84e8d706"
+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 748 (2026) — Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Early Childhood Educator Career Ladder for Private Providers - New Pathways
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Early Childhood Educator Career Ladder for Private Providers - New Pathways** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_618_hb0748t.pdf)
+2. **First - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Early Childhood Educator Career Ladder for Private Providers - Repeal of Deadlines** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0748f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Early Childhood Educator Career Ladder for Private Providers - New Pathways** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0748t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mireku-North — primary (person)
+- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-04** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-11** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-13** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-15** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 618 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8cc9de8-631f-47bc-85e2-216e52ec088b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+