---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement"
description: "Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 635"
citation: "Maryland HB 635 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Alston", "Buckel", "Coley", "Ebersole", "Feldmark", "Griffith", "Hartman", "Hornberger", "Miller", "Mireku-North", "Palakovich Carr", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "R. Long", "Roberson", "Wilkins", "Wims"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-30"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44d4617c-494b-4391-8417-1a892fd22b5c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0635?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "3851c30bb4a605ac708251f7060d5cc6f3fe7eef03a281716b8788ee8fa32ca4"
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 635 (2026) — Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_360_hb0635t.pdf)
2. **First - Child Care Facilities – Criminal History Records Check – Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0635f.pdf)
3. **Third - Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0635t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Addison — primary (person)
- Alston — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- Coley — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- R. Long — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Wims — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-30** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 360 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44d4617c-494b-4391-8417-1a892fd22b5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).