---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement"
description: "Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 359"
citation: "Maryland SB 359 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Henson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e58e4571-9675-472f-81e3-a439c2571799"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0359?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "c71b93223b1f2f8752f9e89710491854951cc7e928043a82c3c837df1b1fb5cd"
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 SB 359 (2026) — Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_361_sb0359e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0359e.pdf)
3. **First - Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0359f.pdf)
4. **Third - Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0359t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Henson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-25** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 361 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e58e4571-9675-472f-81e3-a439c2571799`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).