---
type: "Bill"
title: "Early Childhood Development - Child Care Scholarship Program - Alterations and Study"
description: "Early Childhood Development - Child Care Scholarship Program - Alterations and Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 995"
citation: "Maryland HB 995 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Palakovich Carr", "Solomon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c641f90f-8e6f-45e7-b6c5-648becb0133e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0995?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "12d385e09fe37006dafcd98aa89cd4341d43c570c7d8edd3d299feacedc0d104"
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 995 (2022) — Early Childhood Development - Child Care Scholarship Program - Alterations and Study

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Early Childhood Development - Child Care Scholarship Program - Alterations and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_525_hb0995e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Early Childhood Development - Child Care Scholarship Program - Alterations and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0995e.pdf)
3. **First - Early Childhood Development – Child Care Scholarship Program – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0995f.pdf)
4. **Third - Early Childhood Development – Child Care Scholarship Program – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0995t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **132–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Hearing 3/04 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-25** Hearing canceled
- **2022-02-25** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 525 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c641f90f-8e6f-45e7-b6c5-648becb0133e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).