# Maryland SB 0672: Prince George's County - Expanding Access to Early Childhood Education and Child Care

Maryland SB 0672, Prince George's County - Expanding Access to Early Childhood Education and Child Care, is a 2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Alonzo T. Washington (Democratic); status failed, last action 2026-04-13 (Third Reading Passed with Amendments (132-1)) (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland SB 0672
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Prince George's County - Expanding Access to Early Childhood Education and Child Care
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-02-06
- Last action: 2026-04-13, Third Reading Passed with Amendments (132-1)
- Sponsor: Alonzo T. Washington (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Education - Local Bills, Age -see also- Age of Maj; Children; Elderly; Inf&Tod.; etc, Child Care, Commerce and Business -see also- ElectrComm; ForeignTr; etc., County Councils, Early Childhood Education, Education, State Department of, Infants and Toddlers (0-3), Intergovernmental Cooperation -see also- AdmAgn; Cmts; etc., Plans and Proposals, Prince George's County, Public Schools -see also- Primary Schools; Secondary Sch, Reports, Revenue and Taxes -see also- (specific tax), Work, Labor, and Employment -see also- JobTrn; Leave; etc.
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (175 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Alonzo T. Washington (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-13 | House | Third Reading Passed with Amendments | pass | 132 | 1 | 7 |
| 2026-03-23 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 43 | 0 |   |

## Actions (12)

- 2026-04-13: Third Reading Passed with Amendments (132-1) (House)
- 2026-04-13: Floor Amendment {633425/1 (Prince George's County Delegation) Adopted (House)
- 2026-04-11: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed (House)
- 2026-04-11: Favorable Report by Ways and Means (House)
- 2026-03-25: Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2026-03-23: Referred Ways and Means (House)
- 2026-03-23: Third Reading Passed (43-0) (Senate)
- 2026-03-20: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (Senate)
- 2026-03-20: Favorable with Amendments {953721/1 Adopted (Senate)
- 2026-03-20: Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Senate)
- 2026-02-06: First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senate)

## Bill text

- Third Reading, 2026-03-20: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0672t.pdf)
- First Reading, 2026-02-06: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0672f.pdf)

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- SB 0366: Motor Vehicles - Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program - Establishment (became law)
- SB 0244: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program (became law)
- SB 0148: Income Tax - Credit for 9-1-1 Specialist Retirement Income (Supporting Our 9-1-1 Specialists Act) (became law)
- SB 0016: Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits (became law)
- HB 0529: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program (became law)

## Sources
- [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0672t.pdf)
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0672f.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0672-2026RS (as of 2026-10-12).