---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prince George's County Family Child Care Home Expansion Grant Program - Establishment PG 505-24"
description: "Prince George's County Family Child Care Home Expansion Grant Program - Establishment PG 505-24"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 838"
citation: "Maryland HB 838 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Prince George's County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62d6c3cc-e8ff-4fb2-86d3-f92b92e67386"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0838?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e3042ec8e3dcb77b14e4ab3699850acc971adbe32f1d211b15be7d26a0546f53"
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 838 (2024) — Prince George's County Family Child Care Home Expansion Grant Program - Establishment PG 505-24

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Prince George's County Family Child Care Home Expansion Grant Program - Establishment PG 505-24** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_373_hb0838t.pdf)
2. **First - Prince George's County Family Child Care Home Expansion Grant Program - Establishment PG 505-24** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0838f.pdf)
3. **Third - Prince George's County Family Child Care Home Expansion Grant Program - Establishment PG 505-24** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0838t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **116–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Prince George's County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 373 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62d6c3cc-e8ff-4fb2-86d3-f92b92e67386`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).