---
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: "SB 402"
citation: "Maryland SB 402 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson", "Brooks", "Harris", "M. Washington", "Salling", "West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3539e124-88eb-44ae-bc16-cc00ee45f668"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0402?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "8908fa8a94f56c216f698e120151d07629a8d9506ffd8fb42912ec6005a18f13"
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 402 (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_641_sb0402e.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/sb/sb0402e.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/sb/sb0402f.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/sb/sb0402t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **128–7** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Benson — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-21** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 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
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 641 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3539e124-88eb-44ae-bc16-cc00ee45f668`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).