---
type: "Bill"
title: "Young Readers Programs – Establishment (Young Readers Program Expansion Act)"
description: "Young Readers Programs – Establishment (Young Readers Program Expansion Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 383"
citation: "Maryland HB 383 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Korman", "Solomon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f43782ad-b405-41d5-a25f-c5ce42040d6e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0383?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "57df3904edbfba7af70a07d105f2de9407979fa9c6a4ef3f9649be14b10b8dc8"
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 383 (2022) — Young Readers Programs – Establishment (Young Readers Program Expansion Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Young Readers Programs – Establishment (Young Readers Program Expansion Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_446_hb0383t.pdf)
2. **First - Young Readers Programs – Establishment (Young Readers Program Expansion Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0383f.pdf)
3. **Third - Young Readers Programs – Establishment (Young Readers Program Expansion Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0383t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Korman — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-04** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 446 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f43782ad-b405-41d5-a25f-c5ce42040d6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).