---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Care Scholarship Program - Freeze in Enrollment - Exceptions and Waitlist"
description: "Child Care Scholarship Program - Freeze in Enrollment - Exceptions and Waitlist"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 849"
citation: "Maryland HB 849 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Amprey", "Behler", "Boafo", "Buckel", "Ebersole", "Feldmark", "Kaiser", "Kaufman", "McCaskill", "Mireku-North", "Moreno", "Palakovich Carr", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Phillips", "Queen", "Roberson", "Ruff", "Stinnett", "Taylor", "Vogel", "Wells", "White Holland", "Wilkins", "Williams", "Wims", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1d98d95-0d02-4a47-b89a-8417f395eee3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0849?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "d7998834872256d8c087bbefb3dcc7f8383fcc20e321f288216b7f5575000bb2"
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 849 (2026) — Child Care Scholarship Program - Freeze in Enrollment - Exceptions and Waitlist

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Child Care Scholarship Program - Freeze in Enrollment - Exceptions and Waitlist** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_594_hb0849t.pdf)
2. **First - Child Care Scholarship Program - Freeze in Enrollment - Exceptions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0849f.pdf)
3. **Third - Child Care Scholarship Program - Freeze in Enrollment - Exceptions and Waitlist** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0849t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **123–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Addison — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Behler — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Moreno — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Queen — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Stinnett — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Wims — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Reassigned to Ways and Means Appropriations
- **2026-02-13** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-15** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 594 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1d98d95-0d02-4a47-b89a-8417f395eee3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).