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type: "Bill"
title: "Child Care Centers - Teacher Qualifications"
description: "Child Care Centers - Teacher Qualifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 597"
citation: "Maryland HB 597 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80c37740-4657-4fff-bb81-a4c703d5cd62"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0597?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8b56d305e59445aaf32252ac8500d2c7f78c3733595056e48197a4639359df4a"
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 597 (2021) — Child Care Centers - Teacher Qualifications
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Child Care Centers - Teacher Qualifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_243_hb0597t.pdf)
2. **First - Child Care Centers - Teacher Qualifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0597f.pdf)
3. **Third - Child Care Centers - Teacher Qualifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0597t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1371** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Kelly — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-20** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Hearing 2/03 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-22** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-26** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 243 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80c37740-4657-4fff-bb81-a4c703d5cd62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).