---
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: "SB 711"
citation: "Maryland SB 711 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da4eacdf-5205-4558-ad44-9fb6236436b2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0711?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d165fbce70bae5ce241182fa59c47e74724d7bdc71dfd7acf551170fcf64c8f2"
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 SB 711 (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_438_sb0711t.pdf)
2. **First - Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0711f.pdf)
3. **Third - Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0711t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **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** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator King) Adopted
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-10** Rereferred to Ways and Means and Appropriations
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 438 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da4eacdf-5205-4558-ad44-9fb6236436b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).