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Relating to child care center staff ratios, and including effective date provisions
Sponsored by the Senate Human Resources (companion To Hf 2131 By Committee on Human Resources) Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 26, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 27, 2022
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 14, 2022
- Done: Passes the SenateFebruary 21, 202232–18
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- 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 limits on how many children a single staff member can supervise based on the children's ages.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.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 27, 2022 (as SSB 3065). On January 31, 2022 it recommended amendment and passage.
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