--- type: "Bill" title: "Child Care Scholarship Program - Youth Transitioning From Foster Placement to Successful Adulthood Program - Establishment" description: "Child Care Scholarship Program - Youth Transitioning From Foster Placement to Successful Adulthood Program - Establishment" jurisdiction: "us/states/md" legislature: "Maryland General Assembly" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 1121" citation: "Maryland HB 1121 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Atterbeary", "Buckel", "D. Jones", "Davis", "Ebersole", "Fair", "Feldmark", "Griffith", "Hornberger", "Ivey", "Lopez", "McCaskill", "Miller", "Mireku-North", "Palakovich Carr", "Patterson", "Roberson", "Roberts", "Ruff", "Shetty", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Solomon", "Spiegel", "Taylor", "Vogel", "Wells", "Wilkins", "Williams", "Wu"] version_count: 4 action_count: 15 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2025-02-05" last_action: "2025-05-06" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/650b212c-cd21-430f-ae6c-2f1fb893ba40" source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1121?ys=2025RS&search=True" source_hash: "ff8efcb65b222ec2ed5d8d2a26ee19784ce89c92f2e5ca0cc5714864e344b707" 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 1121 (2025) — Child Care Scholarship Program - Youth Transitioning From Foster Placement to Successful Adulthood Program - Establishment ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Chapter - Child Care Scholarship Program - Youth Transitioning From Foster Placement to Successful Adulthood Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_369_hb1121e.pdf) 2. **Enrolled - Child Care Scholarship Program - Youth Transitioning From Foster Placement to Successful Adulthood Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1121e.pdf) 3. **First - Child Care Scholarship Program - Youth Transitioning From Foster Placement to Successful Adulthood Pilot Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1121f.pdf) 4. **Third - Child Care Scholarship Program - Youth Transitioning From Foster Placement to Successful Adulthood Pilot Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1121t.pdf) ## Votes - On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **137–1** (pass) · lower - On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper - On Third Reading — **136–1** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Acevero — primary (person) - Atterbeary — primary (person) - Buckel — primary (person) - D. Jones — primary (person) - Davis — primary (person) - Ebersole — primary (person) - Fair — primary (person) - Feldmark — primary (person) - Griffith — primary (person) - Hornberger — primary (person) - Ivey — primary (person) - Lopez — primary (person) - McCaskill — primary (person) - Miller — primary (person) - Mireku-North — primary (person) - Palakovich Carr — primary (person) - Patterson — primary (person) - Roberson — primary (person) - Roberts — primary (person) - Ruff — primary (person) - Shetty — primary (person) - Simmons — primary (person) - Simpson — primary (person) - Solomon — primary (person) - Spiegel — primary (person) - Taylor — primary (person) - Vogel — primary (person) - Wells — primary (person) - Wilkins — primary (person) - Williams — primary (person) - Wu — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-05** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee` - **2025-02-07** Hearing 3/03 at 11:00 a.m. - **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments - **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage` - **2025-03-17** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee` - **2025-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments - **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage` - **2025-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments - **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage` - **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled - **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 369 `executive-signature` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/650b212c-cd21-430f-ae6c-2f1fb893ba40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).