---
type: "Bill"
title: "Early Childhood Development - Child Care Scholarship Program - Alterations"
description: "Early Childhood Development - Child Care Scholarship Program - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 350"
citation: "Maryland SB 350 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth", "Gile", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "King", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "Lewis Young", "Salling"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c325f53-4b7f-45df-9d3e-47df446636d9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0350?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fc274a94607e94389a888885ab6922230ce35e8c9e6d6fd557d4ad9994fa045e"
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 350 (2023) — Early Childhood Development - Child Care Scholarship Program - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Early Childhood Development - Child Care Scholarship Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_731_sb0350e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Early Childhood Development - Child Care Scholarship Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0350e.pdf)
3. **First - Early Childhood Development - Child Care Scholarship Program - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0350f.pdf)
4. **Third - Early Childhood Development - Child Care Scholarship Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0350t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-21** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-05** 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 731 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c325f53-4b7f-45df-9d3e-47df446636d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).