Child Care Providers - Licensing and Registration Alterations

Summary

The bill would require the State Department of Education to warn child‑care providers when they break certain rules, set up a dedicated unit to handle criminal background checks for applicants, and notify applicants of the results promptly. It also changes licensing standards, allows the department to lower a provider’s quality rating for violations, and creates a workgroup to examine unlicensed child‑care services. The measures aim to improve safety, accountability, and data on illegal child‑care operations.

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Hearings

• Ways and Means — Bill Hearing
  Ways and Means · Mar 12, 2026

History

1. Apr 13, 2026Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment
2. Apr 13, 2026Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
3. Apr 10, 2026Referred Rules
4. Apr 9, 2026Third Reading Passed
5. Apr 9, 2026Second Reading Passed with Amendments
6. Apr 9, 2026Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
7. Apr 9, 2026Favorable with Amendments {
8. Feb 16, 2026Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
9. Feb 13, 2026First Reading Ways and Means

Sponsors

• Solomon · sponsor
• Addison
• Bagnall
• Coley
• D. Jones
• Ebersole
• Forbes
• Guyton
• Hornberger
• Kaufman
• Lopez
• Mireku-North
• Palakovich Carr
• Tomlinson

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