---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education – Head Start Program – Annual Appropriation (The Ulysses Currie Act)"
description: "Education – Head Start Program – Annual Appropriation (The Ulysses Currie Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 547"
citation: "Maryland HB 547 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Primary and Secondary Education", "Appropriations", "Education", "Names"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barron"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-26"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c33c9159-d555-42fa-be22-0b58cf8e4141"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB547&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "b7528d66711106d6a14bb07ae0c04905233ddee9501e3d7f3f9791f1b0fba24e"
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 547 (2018) — Education – Head Start Program – Annual Appropriation (The Ulysses Currie Act)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0547f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **128–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barron — primary (person)
- A. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- B. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- C. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- D. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Fennell — cosponsor (person)
- Frush — cosponsor (person)
- Gaines — cosponsor (person)
- Healey — cosponsor (person)
- Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- J. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Knotts — cosponsor (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
- Proctor — cosponsor (person)
- Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
- Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
- Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Vallario — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-26** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Hearing 2/08 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Favorable with Amendments {434369/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-30** Special Order until 4/2 (Delegate Jones) Adopted
- **2018-04-03** Special Order until later this session (Delegate Jones) Adopted
- **2018-04-03** Motion Reconsider Second Reading (Delegate McIntosh) Adopted
- **2018-04-03** Floor Amendment {103722/1 (Delegate Walker) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed (128-8) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Rereferred to Budget and Taxation
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 555 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c33c9159-d555-42fa-be22-0b58cf8e4141`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).