---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Child Care Credential Program - Extension of Funding"
description: "Maryland Child Care Credential Program - Extension of Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 561"
citation: "Maryland HB 561 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCaskill", "Palakovich Carr"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c71b5c02-b877-4a27-8201-f53ca7d3494d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0561?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "bac400a0161a0a6392597f25b1b20b9d56657365e5e156dbefc4099400241a69"
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 561 (2026) — Maryland Child Care Credential Program - Extension of Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Child Care Credential Program - Extension of Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_623_hb0561e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Child Care Credential Program - Extension of Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0561e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Child Care Credential Program - Extension of Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0561f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Child Care Credential Program - Extension of Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0561t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **118–13** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **104–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Reassigned to Appropriations Ways and Means
- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 623 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c71b5c02-b877-4a27-8201-f53ca7d3494d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).