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Maryland State Child Care Association

Bills
102
115 for · 5 against · 2 info
Got their outcome
52%
50 of 97 decided
Lobbyists hired
5
2022 to 2026
Reported lobbying spend
$169,056
compensation to lobbyists, all years on file

What this organization does in Annapolis

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Testimony history

2026 Regular Session27 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 281
Family Law - Child Care Providers - Criminal Background Investigations
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 363
Local Government - Grant for Recipients of State Child Tax Credit - Authorization
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 539
Child Care Centers - Teacher Qualifications - Alterations
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 543
Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Family Child Care Homes
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 561
Maryland Child Care Credential Program - Extension of Funding
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 561
Maryland Child Care Credential Program - Extension of Funding
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 635
Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 659
State Board of Education - Membership - Early Childhood Development Professional
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 742
Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Program - Funding
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 748
Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Early Childhood Educator Career Ladder for Private Providers - New Pathways
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 748
Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Early Childhood Educator Career Ladder for Private Providers - New Pathways
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 849
Child Care Scholarship Program - Freeze in Enrollment - Exceptions and Waitlist
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 849
Child Care Scholarship Program - Freeze in Enrollment - Exceptions and Waitlist
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 1034
Child Care - Child Abuse and Neglect - Training Requirements
FWAPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 1259
Zoning Authorities - Operation of Family Child Care Homes - Prohibitions and Requirements
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaPassed both chambers
HB 1259
Zoning Authorities - Operation of Family Child Care Homes - Prohibitions and Requirements
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaPassed both chambers
HB 1321
Child Care Scholarship Program - Application Process and Copays - Alterations
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 1321
Child Care Scholarship Program - Application Process and Copays - Alterations
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 1373
State Department of Education - Independent Regulatory Framework for After School and Out of School Time Child Care Programs - Study
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 1574
Child Care Providers - Licensing and Registration Alterations
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
SB 359
Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
SB 467
Maryland Child Care Credential Program - Extension of Funding
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
SB 468
Local Government - Grant for Recipients of State Child Tax Credit - Authorization
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
SB 503
Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Program - Funding
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
SB 664
Child Care Scholarship Program - Priority for Child Care Providers
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
SB 672
Prince George's County - Expanding Access to Early Childhood Education and Child Care
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaPassed both chambers
SB 672
Prince George's County - Expanding Access to Early Childhood Education and Child Care
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaPassed both chambers
2025 Regular Session34 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 150
Child Care Centers - Certificated Staff Ratio Requirement - Alteration
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 185
Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program - Funding - Alterations
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 185
Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program - Funding - Alterations
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 389
Property Tax - Day Care Centers, Child Care Homes, and Child Care Centers
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 477
State Department of Education - Family Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers - Regulatory Analysis
UNFPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 477
State Department of Education - Family Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers - Regulatory Analysis
FWAPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 524
State Board of Education - Membership - Early Childhood Development Professional
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 696
State Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, and Workgroups - Elimination of Citizenship Requirements and Establishment of Diversity Requirements
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 785
Common Ownership Communities and Zoning Authorities - Operation of Family Child Care Homes - Limitations
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 785
Common Ownership Communities and Zoning Authorities - Operation of Family Child Care Homes - Limitations
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 859
Access to Health Insurance for Child Care Professionals - Outreach
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 859
Access to Health Insurance for Child Care Professionals - Outreach
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 862
Child Care Affordability Commission - Establishment
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 911
Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Family Child Care Homes
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 1006
Immigration Enforcement - Sensitive Locations - Guidelines and Policies (Protecting Sensitive Locations Act)
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 1122
Office of Child Care Advisory Council - Membership - Alterations
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 1122
Office of Child Care Advisory Council - Membership - Alterations
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 1303
Child Care Centers - Teacher Qualifications - Alterations
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 1325
Substitute Child Care Provider Pool Pilot Program - Established
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 1343
Anne Arundel County - Property Tax - Day Care Centers and Child Care Centers
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 1374
Prekindergarten - 3-Year-Olds - Private Providers (Parental Choice for Prekindergarten Act)
UNFPDFPeusch, ChristinaWithdrawn
HB 1475
Maryland State Department of Education - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Analysis and Report (Mixed Delivery Model Viability Act)
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 1475
Maryland State Department of Education - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Analysis and Report (Mixed Delivery Model Viability Act)
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
SB 252
Child Care Centers - Certificated Staff Ratio Requirement - Alteration
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
SB 452
Child Care Affordability Commission - Establishment
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
SB 462
State Board of Education - Membership - Early Childhood Development Professional
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
SB 490
State Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, and Workgroups - Elimination of Citizenship Requirements and Establishment of Diversity Requirements
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
SB 516
Property Tax - Day Care Centers, Child Care Homes, and Child Care Centers
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
SB 516
Property Tax - Day Care Centers, Child Care Homes, and Child Care Centers
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
SB 610
Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Program - Funding
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
SB 611
Access to Health Insurance for Child Care Professionals - Outreach
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
SB 770
Public Schools and Youth Services - Crisis Support and Assistance and Workgroup Study
FWAPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
SB 857
Child Care - Prekindergarten Expansion Grant Modifications and Workgroup
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
SB 868
Substitute Child Care Provider Pool Pilot Program - Established
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
2024 Regular Session21 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 352
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2024
INFOPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 600
Education - Child Care Career and Professional Development Fund - Alterations
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 662
Large Family Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers - Child Care Teachers - Minimum Age
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 662
Large Family Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers - Child Care Teachers - Minimum Age
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 831
Common Ownership Communities and Zoning Authorities - Operation of Family Child Care Homes - Limitations
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 1139
Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Permanent Establishment
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 1195
Child Care Providers - Anaphylactic Food Allergies - Guidelines and Indemnity (Elijah's Law)
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 1254
Child Care Providers - Criminal History Records Checks and Abuse and Neglect Clearances - Requirements
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 1261
Commission on Access to High-Quality Early Childhood Education and Child Care for Children Three Years Old and Younger
FAVPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 1314
Corporations and Associations - Annual Reports - Filing Fees (Right to Start Act)
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 1385
Early Childhood Education - Prekindergarten Providers - Resident and Conditional Teaching Certificates
FAVPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 1403
Family Child Care Homes and Large Family Child Care Homes - Age of Children in Care - Alterations
FWAPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 1441
Early Childhood Education - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten Programs - Alterations
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 1441
Early Childhood Education - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten Programs - Alterations
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 1455
Public Prekindergarten and Child Care Providers - Waiver Action Plan and Assistance Hubs
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
SB 59
Hospitals - Care of Infants After Discharge (Safe Sleep Act of 2024)
FWAPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
SB 500
Education - Child Care Career and Professional Development Fund - Alterations
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
SB 500
Education - Child Care Career and Professional Development Fund - Alterations
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
SB 882
Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Permanent Establishment
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
SB 882
Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Permanent Establishment
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
SB 1102
Education – Blueprint for Maryland’s Future – Alterations
FWAPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
2023 Regular Session11 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 206
Early Childhood Education - Prekindergarten Programs - Montessori Schools and Programs
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 495
Early Childhood Development - Child Care Scholarship Program - Alterations
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 525
Outdoor Preschool License Pilot Program - Establishment
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 868
Child Care Provider Stabilization Program - Established
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 888
Education - Prekindergarten Alternative Teacher Preparation Program - Authorization and Reporting
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 1219
Maryland Educator Shortage Reduction Act of 2023
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
SB 350
Early Childhood Development - Child Care Scholarship Program - Alterations
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
SB 609
Education - Early Childhood Education Teachers - Qualifications
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
SB 873
Child Care Provider Stabilization Program - Established
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
SB 881
Child Care Providers and Employees - Bonuses - Alterations
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
SB 893
Maryland Educator Shortage Act of 2023
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
2022 Regular Session18 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 89
State Department of Education - Child Care Stabilization Grants
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 89
State Department of Education - Child Care Stabilization Grants
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 513
Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Support Services Program - Established
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 664
Child Care Programs – Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program – Information and Assistance
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 664
Child Care Programs – Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program – Information and Assistance
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 919
Income Tax – Child Tax Credit – Alterations and Sunset Extension
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 933
Child Care Scholarship Program - Alterations (Maryland Child Care Working Families Act)
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 993
Child Care Capital Support Revolving Loan Fund - Established
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 993
Child Care Capital Support Revolving Loan Fund - Established
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 995
Early Childhood Development - Child Care Scholarship Program - Alterations and Study
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 1100
Child Care Providers and Employees - Bonuses
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 1382
Children - Family Child Care Homes and the Chief Medical Examiner - Use of Video Recording Devices and Reports (Bexley's Law)
UNFPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
SB 480
State Department of Education - Child Care Stabilization Grants
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
SB 782
Workgroup on the Post-COVID-19 Crisis Economic Transition
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
SB 805
Income Tax – Child Tax Credit – Alterations and Sunset Extension
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
SB 806
Child Care Providers and Employees – Bonuses
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
SB 919
Child Care Capital Support Revolving Loan Fund - Established
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
SB 920
Early Childhood Development - Child Care Scholarship Program - Alterations and Study
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
2021 Regular Session11 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 392
Family Child Care Homes, Large Family Child Care Homes, and Child Care Centers - Early Childhood Screening and Assistance
FWAPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 608
Early Childhood Education - Child Care Provider Support Grant Program (The Child Care Provider Support Act)
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
HB 776
State Department of Education - Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Project - Study and Report
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 931
Child Care Providers - Notice of Allegations of Child Abuse or Neglect (Aiden's Law)
UNFPDFPeusch, ChristinaPassed both chambers
HB 944
Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Established
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
HB 1307
Education – Child Care Centers and Youth Development Organizations and Programs (Support Youth Development for School–Age Children Act)
UNFPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
SB 218
Income Tax - Child Tax Credit and Expansion of the Earned Income Credit
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
SB 436
Child Care Centers - Teacher Qualifications
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaEnacted
SB 486
Labor and Employment - Employment Standards During an Emergency (Maryland Essential Workers' Protection Act)
INFOPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
SB 890
Early Childhood Education – Child Care Provider Support Grant Program (The Child Care Provider Support Act)
FAVPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance
SB 965
Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Revisions
FWAPDFPeusch, ChristinaDid not advance