---
type: "Bill"
title: "Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Program - Funding"
description: "Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Program - Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 742"
citation: "Maryland HB 742 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Solomon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-03"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66dcde4c-ccc5-40e4-9b22-1c228a79f952"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0742?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "8afdd4917dfca9289e7f69a207ee8e4e3f6a147d19fa8c563153f35e3a1d51a1"
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 742 (2026) — Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Program - Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Program - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_699_hb0742t.pdf)
2. **First - Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Program - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0742f.pdf)
3. **Third - Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Program - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0742t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **120–12** (pass) · lower
- HB 742 HB 744 HB 783 HB 789 HB 846 HB 889 HB 929 HB 1102 HB 1138 HB 1194 — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-03** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-18** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 699 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66dcde4c-ccc5-40e4-9b22-1c228a79f952`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).