---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Care Providers - Registration and Licensing - Exemptions"
description: "Child Care Providers - Registration and Licensing - Exemptions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 280"
citation: "Maryland SB 280 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Corderman", "Elfreth", "Feldman", "Gallion", "Gile", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hester", "Jackson", "James", "Kagan", "Klausmeier", "Lewis Young", "McKay", "Salling", "Simonaire"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34144434-0b7f-4311-ad7f-6176a3725e83"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0280?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3b05785ad7eeb034297fd7b67d036b7878f4bb1602388ce6daa6a1c45a872544"
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 280 (2023) — Child Care Providers - Registration and Licensing - Exemptions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Child Care Providers - Registration and Licensing - Exemptions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_658_sb0280e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Child Care Providers - Registration and Licensing - Exemptions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0280e.pdf)
3. **First - Child Care Providers - Registration and Licensing - Exemptions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0280f.pdf)
4. **Third - Child Care Providers - Registration and Licensing - Exemptions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0280t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Hearing 2/22 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-20** Hearing canceled
- **2023-02-20** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-01** Hearing 3/02 at 4:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-01** Hearing canceled
- **2023-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Feldman) Adopted
- **2023-04-06** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 658 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34144434-0b7f-4311-ad7f-6176a3725e83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).