---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Department of Education - Family Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers - Regulatory Analysis"
description: "State Department of Education - Family Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers - Regulatory Analysis"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 477"
citation: "Maryland HB 477 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnes", "McCaskill"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f4d03be-3ac6-4a08-9f91-173cc352a613"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0477?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f0be26efa363d678327ba1aa2762c5806deb09e19d349e14ef41dfe9ff3e2efb"
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 477 (2025) — State Department of Education - Family Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers - Regulatory Analysis

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Department of Education - Family Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers - Regulatory Analysis** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_287_hb0477e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Department of Education - Family Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers - Regulatory Analysis** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0477e.pdf)
3. **First - Family Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers - Adult to Child Ratios - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0477f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Department of Education - Family Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers - Regulatory Analysis** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0477t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barnes — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-05** 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 287 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f4d03be-3ac6-4a08-9f91-173cc352a613`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).