HB 659 — State Board of Education - Membership - Early Childhood Development Professional
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-01-30
Altering the membership of the State Board of Education to include, as a member, an early childhood development professional with extensive experience in the operations of a child care business and early childhood curriculum and development; and requiring the Governor to appoint the early childhood development member, with the advice and consent of the Senate, from a list of three qualified individuals submitted from the Office of Child Care Advisory Council.
Latest action: — In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
Sponsors (26)
- Pam Lanman Guzzone (D, MD-13) — sponsor · 2026-01-30
- Nick Allen (D, MD-8) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- Tiffany T. Alston (D, MD-24) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- Regina T. Boyce (D, MD-43) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- Charlotte Crutchfield (D, MD-19) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- Elizabeth Embry (D, MD-43) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- Kris Fair (D, MD-3) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- Catherine M. Forbes (D, MD-43) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- Michele Guyton (D, MD-42) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- Terri L. Hill (D, MD-12) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- Robbyn Lewis (D, MD-46) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- Aletheia McCaskill (D, MD-44) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- Gabriel M. Moreno (D, MD-13) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- Julie Palakovich Carr (D, MD-17) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- Cheryl E. Pasteur (D, MD-11) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- N. Scott Phillips (D, MD-10) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- Andrew C. Pruski (D, MD-33) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- Ryan Spiegel (D, MD-17) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- Deni Taveras (D, MD-47) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- Kym Taylor (D, MD-23) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- Jen Terrasa (D, MD-13) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- Courtney Watson (D, MD-9) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- Jennifer White Holland (D, MD-10) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- Nicole A. Williams (D, MD-22) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- Sarah Wolek (D, MD-16) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- Natalie Ziegler (D, MD-9) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
Action timeline (2)
- · house — First Reading
- · house — Hearing — Ways and Means
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referred to committee (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | House ways and means | — | md-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pam Lanman Guzzone (D, state_lower MD-13) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Aletheia McCaskill (D, state_lower MD-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Andrew C. Pruski (D, state_lower MD-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Catherine M. Forbes (D, state_lower MD-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Charlotte Crutchfield (D, state_lower MD-19) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Cheryl E. Pasteur (D, state_lower MD-11) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Courtney Watson (D, state_lower MD-9) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Deni Taveras (D, state_lower MD-47) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Elizabeth Embry (D, state_lower MD-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Gabriel M. Moreno (D, state_lower MD-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Jen Terrasa (D, state_lower MD-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Jennifer White Holland (D, state_lower MD-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Julie Palakovich Carr (D, state_lower MD-17) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Kris Fair (D, state_lower MD-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Kym Taylor (D, state_lower MD-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Michele Guyton (D, state_lower MD-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | N. Scott Phillips (D, state_lower MD-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Natalie Ziegler (D, state_lower MD-9) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Nick Allen (D, state_lower MD-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Nicole A. Williams (D, state_lower MD-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Regina T. Boyce (D, state_lower MD-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Robbyn Lewis (D, state_lower MD-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Ryan Spiegel (D, state_lower MD-17) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Sarah Wolek (D, state_lower MD-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Terri L. Hill (D, state_lower MD-12) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House ways and means · md-leg