---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Care Providers - Registration and Licensing - Exemptions"
description: "Child Care Providers - Registration and Licensing - Exemptions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 292"
citation: "Maryland HB 292 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Allen", "Bagnall", "Bartlett", "Boafo", "Chang", "Crosby", "D. Barnes", "D. Jones", "Fennell", "Griffith", "Guyton", "Harris", "Henson", "Howard", "Lopez", "M. Morgan", "Mireku-North", "Patterson", "Pruski", "Rogers", "Simmons", "Simpson", "T. Morgan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5babded8-d0e5-4126-b25c-76f9ecc87683"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0292?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ad7477098e8149f44c682229e12f7ac0972f3952ec7f666c2a8394302a3b66e4"
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 292 (2023) — Child Care Providers - Registration and Licensing - Exemptions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Child Care Providers - Registration and Licensing - Exemptions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_659_hb0292e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Child Care Providers - Registration and Licensing - Exemptions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0292e.pdf)
3. **First - Child Care Providers - Registration and Licensing - Exemptions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0292f.pdf)
4. **Third - Child Care Providers - Registration and Licensing - Exemptions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0292t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Chang — primary (person)
- Crosby — primary (person)
- D. Barnes — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- M. Morgan — primary (person)
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Pruski — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 659 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5babded8-d0e5-4126-b25c-76f9ecc87683`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).