AN ACT relating to child care.
Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to define terms; establish operations and requirements of a Certified Child Care Community Designation Program to be administered by the Cabinet for Economic Development for the purpose of creating new opportunities for local governments to help increase the supply of child care and early childhood education services in their communities through voluntary actions related to zoning reform and programming at the local level; require annual reporting to the General Assembly related to the operation of the program; amend KRS 199.881 to remove the pilot program designation of the Employee Child Care Assistance Partnership; amend KRS 199.887 to establish new requirements on an employee and a child care provider who receives child care assistance from his or her employer; amend KRS 199.888 to establish a new requirement on the Cabinet for Economic Development to develop and implement strategies and programs to promote awareness of the Employee Child Care Assistance Partnership.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Feb 15, 2024
Signed Apr 5, 2024
Floor votes · House Feb 27, 2024
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
12
Committee
9
Apr 5, 2024
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 88)
lower
Mar 27, 2024
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Mar 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Mar 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
passed 86-9
lower
Mar 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Mar 22, 2024
Committee
to Rules (H)
lower
Mar 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 37-1 with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Mar 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
lower
Mar 14, 2024
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
lower
Mar 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Committee
to Families & Children (S)
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 77-14 with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Feb 20, 2024
Committee
to Families & Children (H)
lower
Feb 15, 2024
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 15, 2024
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
7 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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