---
type: "Bill"
title: "Early Childhood Education - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten Programs - Alterations"
description: "Early Childhood Education - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten Programs - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1441"
citation: "Maryland HB 1441 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atterbeary", "Ebersole", "Fair", "Feldmark", "Grossman", "Henson", "Mireku-North", "Palakovich Carr", "Patterson", "Roberts", "Vogel", "Wells", "Wilkins", "Wims", "Wu", "Young"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42729a51-838d-49ca-9627-118b2e85847d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1441?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4a8cdc0402a98944c53da115d7885f75698666730abe4cfbd3f187203c0b2421"
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 HB 1441 (2024) — Early Childhood Education - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten Programs - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Early Childhood Education - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten Programs - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_165_hb1441e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Early Childhood Education - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten Programs - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1441e.pdf)
3. **First - Early Childhood Education - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten Programs - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1441f.pdf)
4. **Third - Early Childhood Education - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten Programs - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1441t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **128–12** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **122–15** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **40–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Grossman — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Wims — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-09** First Reading Ways and Means and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 2/26 at 11:00 a.m. (Ways and Means)
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2024-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 165 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42729a51-838d-49ca-9627-118b2e85847d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).