republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2018/hb-547.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Education – Head Start Program – Annual Appropriation (The Ulysses Currie Act)	Education – Head Start Program – Annual Appropriation (The Ulysses Currie Act)	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2018	HB 547	Maryland HB 547 (2018)	bill	Primary and Secondary Education Appropriations Education Names	enacted	Barron	1	19	2	2018-01-26	2018-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/c33c9159-d555-42fa-be22-0b58cf8e4141	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB547&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs	b7528d66711106d6a14bb07ae0c04905233ddee9501e3d7f3f9791f1b0fba24e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 547 (2018) — Education – Head Start Program – Annual Appropriation (The Ulysses Currie Act)

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 128–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barron — primary (person)
• A. Washington — cosponsor (person)
• Angel — cosponsor (person)
• B. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
• C. Howard — cosponsor (person)
• D. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Fennell — cosponsor (person)
• Frush — cosponsor (person)
• Gaines — cosponsor (person)
• Healey — cosponsor (person)
• Holmes — cosponsor (person)
• J. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
• Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• Knotts — cosponsor (person)
• Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
• Proctor — cosponsor (person)
• Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
• Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
• Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
• Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Vallario — cosponsor (person)
• Walker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-26 First Reading Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-01-31 Hearing 2/08 at 2:00 p.m.
• 2018-03-29 Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-29 Favorable with Amendments {434369/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-29 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-03-30 Special Order until 4/2 (Delegate Jones) Adopted
• 2018-04-03 Special Order until later this session (Delegate Jones) Adopted
• 2018-04-03 Motion Reconsider Second Reading (Delegate McIntosh) Adopted
• 2018-04-03 Floor Amendment {103722/1 (Delegate Walker) Adopted amendment-passage
• 2018-04-03 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-04-04 Third Reading Passed (128-8) passage
• 2018-04-05 First Reading Senate Rules referral-committee
• 2018-04-09 Rereferred to Budget and Taxation
• 2018-04-09 Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-09 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-09 Second Reading Passed
• 2018-04-09 Third Reading Passed (45-0) passage
• 2018-04-10 Returned Passed
• 2018-05-08 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 555 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c33c9159-d555-42fa-be22-0b58cf8e4141. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).