---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Department of Education - Child Care Stabilization Grants"
description: "State Department of Education - Child Care Stabilization Grants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 480"
citation: "Maryland SB 480 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "King", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86881ff5-3a7a-459e-8eec-875e41dae927"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0480?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d601de2538cab30c1254f2bc938f1aedfaf58eba4bc777225abc7b2281d62a6a"
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 480 (2022) — State Department of Education - Child Care Stabilization Grants

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Department of Education - Child Care Stabilization Grants** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_207_sb0480t.pdf)
2. **First - Child Care Stabilization Grant Program and Child Care Expansion Grant Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0480f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Department of Education - Child Care Stabilization Grants** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0480t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **129–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** First Reading Budget and Taxation and Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2022-02-10** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation) and Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
- **2022-02-11** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation) and Hearing canceled (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
- **2022-03-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-24** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Rereferred to Ways and Means and Appropriations
- **2022-04-11** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 207 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86881ff5-3a7a-459e-8eec-875e41dae927`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).