Limits availability of Child Care Facilities Improvement Program grants funded through Child Care Revitalization Act to licensed child care centers.
This bill amends the Child Care Revitalization Act to restrict $54.5 million in federal funds to licensed child care centers only, removing previous language that would have included registered family child care homes. It ensures facilities improvement grants - ranging from $50,000 to $200,000 - are available solely to licensed centers (not family child care providers) for projects like facility upgrades. The change formalizes an existing exclusion, as family child care providers were never eligible in the initial grant phase. The bill, signed into law as P.L.2024, c.50, directly affects licensed child care centers seeking federal recovery funds for physical improvements.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Jun 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
General Assembly Passage
Jun 2024
Signed into Law
Jul 2024
Introduced Jan 29, 2024
Signed Jul 26, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 18, 2024 · General Assembly Jun 28, 2024
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
Mar 18, 2024
D
Democratic25
96% Yea
R
Republican15
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Jul 26, 2024
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2024, c.50.
executive
Jun 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0)
lower
Jun 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Jun 26, 2024
Committee
Transferred to Assembly Budget Committee
lower
Jun 6, 2024
Committee
Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
lower
Mar 18, 2024
Committee
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
lower
Mar 18, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (38-0)
upper
Mar 4, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Feb 12, 2024
Committee
Transferred to Senate Economic Growth Committee
upper
Jan 29, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
upper
5 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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