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type: "Bill"
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title: "Family Law - Child Care Providers - Criminal Background Investigations"
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description: "Family Law - Child Care Providers - Criminal Background Investigations"
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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: "HB 281"
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citation: "Maryland HB 281 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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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: "2025-09-16"
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last_action: "2026-04-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff677407-c294-4f95-8dbd-0782b232f00c"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0281?ys=2026RS"
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source_hash: "762e344c0b56dc67082c7b475631efa650fe5b002651e1b59adda33f567d6da2"
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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 HB 281 (2026) — Family Law - Child Care Providers - Criminal Background Investigations
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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 - Family Law - Child Care Providers - Criminal Background Investigations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_266_hb0281e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Family Law - Child Care Providers - Criminal Background Investigations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0281e.pdf)
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3. **First - Family Law - Child Care Providers - Criminal Background Investigations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0281f.pdf)
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4. **Third - Family Law - Child Care Providers - Criminal Background Investigations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0281t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **129–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **41–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **130–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chair, Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-09-16** Pre-filed `introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-16** Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
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- **2026-01-22** Hearing canceled
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- **2026-01-22** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2026-03-19** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-19** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-03-20** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-24** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
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- **2026-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-11** Passed Enrolled
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- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 266 `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/ff677407-c294-4f95-8dbd-0782b232f00c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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