---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City Young Readers Program and Young Readers Matching Grant Program - Alterations"
description: "Baltimore City Young Readers Program and Young Readers Matching Grant Program - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 300"
citation: "Maryland SB 300 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCray"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bf4caf5-c996-44f2-9573-bef1475f7cc4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0300?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3c962658ce97134d44c6b068e6442b513ebea56dcc3f059c4a4416da273d22ce"
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 300 (2023) — Baltimore City Young Readers Program and Young Readers Matching Grant Program - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City Young Readers Program and Young Readers Matching Grant Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_650_sb0300e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Baltimore City Young Readers Program and Young Readers Matching Grant Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0300e.pdf)
3. **First - Baltimore City Young Readers Program – Expansion and Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0300f.pdf)
4. **Third - Baltimore City Young Readers Program – Expansion and Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0300t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-27** 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.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 650 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bf4caf5-c996-44f2-9573-bef1475f7cc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).