---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board for Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals – Certification – Revisions"
description: "State Board for Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals – Certification – Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 873"
citation: "Maryland HB 873 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b67bdcce-c35c-4244-bf14-b81fa2f07b3a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0873?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2735dbe1607eaf9115efb330245a9a37e3ebea6395e401f6ce7d626479842852"
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 873 (2021) — State Board for Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals – Certification – Revisions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board for Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals – Certification – Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_787_hb0873t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board for Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals – Certification – Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0873f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board for Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals – Certification – Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0873t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Charles — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-03** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Hearing 4/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-12** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Pinsky) Adopted
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 787 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b67bdcce-c35c-4244-bf14-b81fa2f07b3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).