---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board for the Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals - Membership and Official Seal"
description: "State Board for the Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals - Membership and Official Seal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 21"
citation: "Maryland HB 21 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cullison"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-10-12"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4f86860-5ff9-430e-ae65-586e65d3435e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0021?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9b4255159b2e292b1ad2fb5d20a5058b6e16e9d7c613fef245317aafe5e2e240"
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 21 (2022) — State Board for the Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals - Membership and Official Seal

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board for the Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals - Membership and Official Seal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_702_hb0021t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board for the Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals - Membership and Official Seal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0021f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board for the Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals - Membership and Official Seal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0021t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cullison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-12** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Hearing 1/20 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2022-01-20** Hearing canceled
- **2022-01-19** Hearing 1/20 at 4:00 p.m.
- **2022-01-20** Hearing canceled
- **2022-01-20** Hearing 1/20 at 4:30 p.m.
- **2022-02-14** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-18** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 702 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4f86860-5ff9-430e-ae65-586e65d3435e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).