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Relating to child care center staff ratios, and including effective date provisions
Sponsored by the House Human Resources Committee
Topics:Health careChild care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 11, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 11, 2022
- Done: House committeeJanuary 25, 2022
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the SenateFebruary 21, 202232–18
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary The Department of Human Services would change the rules for how many children can be in a group at child care centers. These new rules would set specific requirements for how many staff members must be present for different age groups of children.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to child care center staff ratios. The bill directs the department of human services to amend its rules so that child care centers maintain a minimum child-to-staff ratio of child care worker for every children who are years of age and child care worker for every children who are years of age. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
House subcommittee
Named January 11, 2022 (as HSB 511). On January 12, 2022 it recommended amendment and passage. Vote Total: 2-1.
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Lobbying
7 for · 11 against · 21 undecided · Who →
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