---
type: "Bill"
title: "Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Established"
description: "Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Established"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 944"
citation: "Maryland HB 944 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Solomon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd7f7769-32db-45a1-a6a4-f382ac97ac2a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0944?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "668b1c61409b2fd71e8ea1155a374bf77d8ff4a2b2ca6ed83f1a6b992ab9cd0c"
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 944 (2021) — Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Established

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_437_hb0944e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0944e.pdf)
3. **First - Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0944f.pdf)
4. **Third - Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0944t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **128–9** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **128–4** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** First Reading Ways and Means and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Hearing 2/24 at 1:30 p.m. (Ways and Means)
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 437 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd7f7769-32db-45a1-a6a4-f382ac97ac2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).