HB0396 — Residential Child Care Programs - Education of Children and Training of Child and Youth Care Practitioners
Last action — Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House of Delegates
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 22, 2026. Enacted.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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33 sponsors
1 primary, 32 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (27 D).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 3 recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Summary
Repealing the maximum age for children in certain residential child care programs who receive educational support; requiring operators of certain residential child care programs to provide certain educational opportunities to the children for whom they have legal custody or care and control; requiring that applicants to be child and youth care practitioners undergo certain training; prohibiting an individual who holds a certificate as a residential child and youth care practitioner from being required to complete certain training; etc.
Bill Text
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Read HB0396 on the official Maryland source →Action History
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Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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Third Reading (House of Origin) — Passed
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First Reading (Opposite House)
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Second Reading (House of Origin) — Passed with Amendments
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Hearing (Primary, House of Origin)
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First Reading (House of Origin)
Sponsors
- Delegate Conaway · Cosponsor
- Delegate Holmes · Cosponsor
- Delegate Lewis · Cosponsor
- Delegate Schmidt · Cosponsor
- Delegate Cheryl E. Pasteur · Primary
- Delegate Gabriel Acevero · Cosponsor
- Delegate Jackie Addison · Cosponsor
- Delegate Tiffany T. Alston · Cosponsor
- Delegate Marlon Amprey · Cosponsor
- Delegate Regina T. Boyce · Cosponsor
- Delegate Charlotte Crutchfield · Cosponsor
- Delegate Eric Ebersole · Cosponsor
- Delegate Elizabeth Embry · Cosponsor
- Delegate Catherine M. Forbes · Cosponsor
- Delegate Terri L. Hill · Cosponsor
- J. Long · Cosponsor
- Delegate Ashanti Martinez · Cosponsor
- Delegate Aletheia McCaskill · Cosponsor
- Delegate Bernice Mireku-North · Cosponsor
- Delegate Edith J. Patterson · Cosponsor
- Delegate N. Scott Phillips · Cosponsor
- Delegate Andrew C. Pruski · Cosponsor
- Delegate Malcolm P. Ruff · Cosponsor
- Delegate Gary Simmons · Cosponsor
- Delegate Dana Stein · Cosponsor
- Delegate Sean A. Stinnett · Cosponsor
- Delegate Deni Taveras · Cosponsor
- Delegate Karen Toles · Cosponsor
- White Holland · Cosponsor
- Delegate Nicole A. Williams · Cosponsor
- Delegate C. T. Wilson · Cosponsor
- Delegate Greg Wims · Cosponsor
- Delegate Caylin Young · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 32 co-sponsors · 155 not signed on · 1 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Delegate Cheryl E. Pasteur Democrat
Co-sponsors (32)
- Delegate Conaway
- Delegate Holmes
- Delegate Lewis
- Delegate Schmidt
- Delegate Gabriel Acevero Democrat
- Delegate Jackie Addison Democrat
- Delegate Tiffany T. Alston Democrat
- Delegate Marlon Amprey Democrat
- Delegate Regina T. Boyce Democrat
- Delegate Charlotte Crutchfield Democrat
- Delegate Eric Ebersole Democrat
- Delegate Elizabeth Embry Democrat
- Delegate Catherine M. Forbes Democrat
- Delegate Terri L. Hill Democrat
- Long, J.
- Delegate Ashanti Martinez Democrat
- Delegate Aletheia McCaskill Democrat
- Delegate Bernice Mireku-North Democrat
- Delegate Edith J. Patterson Democrat
- Delegate N. Scott Phillips Democrat
- Delegate Andrew C. Pruski Democrat
- Delegate Malcolm P. Ruff Democrat
- Delegate Gary Simmons Democrat
- Delegate Dana Stein Democrat
- Delegate Sean A. Stinnett Democrat
- Delegate Deni Taveras Democrat
- Delegate Karen Toles Democrat
- White Holland
- Delegate Nicole A. Williams Democrat
- Delegate C. T. Wilson Democrat
- Delegate Greg Wims Democrat
- Delegate Caylin Young Democrat
Not signed on (155)
155 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 155 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 82 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Republican | 24 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Total | 116 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| % of votes cast | 82% | 1% | 0% | 16% |
How each member voted (141)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Republican | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 38 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| % of votes cast | 81% | 0% | 0% | 19% |
How each member voted (47)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 81 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Republican | 28 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 120 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| % of votes cast | 85% | 0% | 0% | 15% |
How each member voted (141)
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HB0396 do?
- Repealing the maximum age for children in certain residential child care programs who receive educational support; requiring operators of certain residential child care programs to provide certain educational opportunities to the children for whom they have legal custody or care and control; requiring that applicants to be child and youth care practitioners undergo certain training; prohibiting an individual who holds a certificate as a residential child and youth care practitioner from being required to complete certain training; etc.
- Who sponsors HB0396?
- HB0396 is sponsored by Delegate Conaway, Delegate Holmes, Delegate Lewis, Delegate Schmidt, Delegate Cheryl E. Pasteur (Democrat), Delegate Gabriel Acevero (Democrat), Delegate Jackie Addison (Democrat), Delegate Tiffany T. Alston (Democrat), Delegate Marlon Amprey (Democrat), Delegate Regina T. Boyce (Democrat), Delegate Charlotte Crutchfield (Democrat), Delegate Eric Ebersole (Democrat), Delegate Elizabeth Embry (Democrat), Delegate Catherine M. Forbes (Democrat), Delegate Terri L. Hill (Democrat), Long, J., Delegate Ashanti Martinez (Democrat), Delegate Aletheia McCaskill (Democrat), Delegate Bernice Mireku-North (Democrat), Delegate Edith J. Patterson (Democrat), Delegate N. Scott Phillips (Democrat), Delegate Andrew C. Pruski (Democrat), Delegate Malcolm P. Ruff (Democrat), Delegate Gary Simmons (Democrat), Delegate Dana Stein (Democrat), Delegate Sean A. Stinnett (Democrat), Delegate Deni Taveras (Democrat), Delegate Karen Toles (Democrat), White Holland, Delegate Nicole A. Williams (Democrat), Delegate C. T. Wilson (Democrat), Delegate Greg Wims (Democrat), and Delegate Caylin Young (Democrat).
- What is the current status of HB0396?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 22, 2026. Enacted.
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