---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residential Child Care Programs - Education of Children and Training of Child and Youth Care Practitioners"
description: "Residential Child Care Programs - Education of Children and Training of Child and Youth Care Practitioners"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 396"
citation: "Maryland HB 396 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Addison", "Alston", "Amprey", "Boyce", "Conaway", "Crutchfield", "Ebersole", "Embry", "Forbes", "Hill", "Holmes", "J. Long", "Lewis", "Martinez", "McCaskill", "Mireku-North", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Phillips", "Pruski", "Ruff", "Schmidt", "Simmons", "Stein", "Stinnett", "Taveras", "Toles", "White Holland", "Williams", "Wilson", "Wims", "Young"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f62aaef0-aa04-4a43-a334-e567afdf972e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0396?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "33c785817027afffcf18f4bf47e936afdb4f8a5e0b9a1dc58a71fb18abd9b472"
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 396 (2026) — Residential Child Care Programs - Education of Children and Training of Child and Youth Care Practitioners

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Residential Child Care Programs - Education of Children and Training of Child and Youth Care Practitioners** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_640_hb0396e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Residential Child Care Programs - Education of Children and Training of Child and Youth Care Practitioners** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0396e.pdf)
3. **First - Residential Child Care Programs - Education of Children and Training of Child and Youth Care Practitioners** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0396f.pdf)
4. **Third - Residential Child Care Programs - Education of Children and Training of Child and Youth Care Practitioners** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0396t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **116–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Addison — primary (person)
- Alston — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Pruski — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Stinnett — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)
- Wims — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-02** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-02** Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 640 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f62aaef0-aa04-4a43-a334-e567afdf972e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).