---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prekindergarten - Ulysses Currie Head Start Program - Eligibility for State Funds"
description: "Prekindergarten - Ulysses Currie Head Start Program - Eligibility for State Funds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 902"
citation: "Maryland HB 902 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edelson", "Ghrist", "Harris", "Smith", "Solomon", "Wolek"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a3e042e-e8c7-4823-a203-51c69de28cb3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0902?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d7e7756f80409564d30acbe68affbed9330a5d048b63a9cb00ecafa9f5a048c8"
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 902 (2024) — Prekindergarten - Ulysses Currie Head Start Program - Eligibility for State Funds

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Prekindergarten - Ulysses Currie Head Start Program - Eligibility for State Funds** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_209_hb0902t.pdf)
2. **First - Prekindergarten - Ulysses Currie Head Start Program - Eligibility for State Funds** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0902f.pdf)
3. **Third - Prekindergarten - Ulysses Currie Head Start Program - Eligibility for State Funds** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0902t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **125–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edelson — primary (person)
- Ghrist — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Wolek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-27** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-27** Hearing 2/28 at 12:30 p.m.
- **2024-03-14** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Budget and Taxation Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2024-03-20** Hearing canceled (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2024-04-04** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation) and Hearing canceled (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2024-04-05** Hearing canceled (Budget and Taxation) and Hearing canceled (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2024-04-05** Hearing 4/05 at 1:30 p.m. (Budget and Taxation) and Hearing canceled (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 209 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a3e042e-e8c7-4823-a203-51c69de28cb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).