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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Early Childhood Educator Career Ladder for Private Providers - New Pathways"
description: "Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Early Childhood Educator Career Ladder for Private Providers - New Pathways"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 748"
citation: "Maryland HB 748 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mireku-North", "Palakovich Carr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8cc9de8-631f-47bc-85e2-216e52ec088b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0748?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "9e260cde2c9e98e1f02e5e2a00446849233dcdec47c6af36c8245eca84e8d706"
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 748 (2026) — Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Early Childhood Educator Career Ladder for Private Providers - New Pathways
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Early Childhood Educator Career Ladder for Private Providers - New Pathways** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_618_hb0748t.pdf)
2. **First - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Early Childhood Educator Career Ladder for Private Providers - Repeal of Deadlines** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0748f.pdf)
3. **Third - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Early Childhood Educator Career Ladder for Private Providers - New Pathways** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0748t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **430** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1320** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-04** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-15** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 618 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8cc9de8-631f-47bc-85e2-216e52ec088b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).