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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement"
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description: "Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 359"
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citation: "Maryland SB 359 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Henson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-01-23"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e58e4571-9675-472f-81e3-a439c2571799"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0359?ys=2026RS"
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source_hash: "c71b93223b1f2f8752f9e89710491854951cc7e928043a82c3c837df1b1fb5cd"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 359 (2026) — Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_361_sb0359e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0359e.pdf)
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3. **First - Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0359f.pdf)
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4. **Third - Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0359t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Henson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-23** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-03-13** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-16** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2026-03-25** Hearing canceled
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- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
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- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
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- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
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- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 361 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e58e4571-9675-472f-81e3-a439c2571799`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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