---
type: "Bill"
title: "Young Readers Programs - Establishment (Young Readers Program Expansion Act)"
description: "Young Readers Programs - Establishment (Young Readers Program Expansion Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 438"
citation: "Maryland SB 438 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79b0f991-29da-4afb-807f-88d4644bf23f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0438?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0cd284de5787ff97a51ab23aa3b049a2c06ed777f8822a00408420fdf5b39a21"
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 438 (2022) — Young Readers Programs - Establishment (Young Readers Program Expansion Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Young Readers Programs - Establishment (Young Readers Program Expansion Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_447_sb0438t.pdf)
2. **First - Young Readers Programs - Establishment (Young Readers Program Expansion Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0438f.pdf)
3. **Third - Young Readers Programs - Establishment (Young Readers Program Expansion Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0438t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **123–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-26** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-31** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 447 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79b0f991-29da-4afb-807f-88d4644bf23f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).