HB 951 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

State Owned Structures (SOS) Child Care Act.

HB 951 requires North Carolina to use state-owned property for childcare, directly affecting state employees, first responders, and community college staff/students. It mandates that new or renovated state buildings costing over $5 million include childcare or adult care centers if serving 250+ people, and creates a $5 million pilot program to establish three state employee childcare centers on unused state property. The bill also allocates $6 million for county grants to fund third-shift childcare for first responders in unused county buildings and requires feasibility studies for childcare at all community colleges and UNC campuses. These provisions include specific funding, reporting deadlines, and requirements for apprenticeship programs linking childcare centers with educational institutions.

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Apr 10, 2025 Last action Apr 14, 2025

Maddy AI version diff · 1 comparison

What changed between versions

Filed → Edition 1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was updated from a filed version to Edition 1 with several substantive changes. The primary additions include new sponsors for the bill and a revised header format. A key substantive change involves the removal of a cost threshold exception that previously allowed excluding certain child care centers if inclusion would increase project costs by 10% or more. The bill's core provisions regarding state employee child care, apprenticeship requirements, and funding allocations remain largely unchanged.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on establishing state-owned child care centers for state employees and third-shift first responders, with no significant changes to applicability or target populations.

TECHNICAL

Added new sponsors to the bill: Representatives Hawkins, Liu, and Colvin, joining Representative Helfrich as primary sponsors.

Updated the bill header and document identification information to reflect the new Edition 1 format with updated session and filing dates.

REQUIREMENT

Removed an exception clause that would have allowed excluding certain child care centers if including them would increase project costs by 10% or more, potentially making the project more cost-sensitive.

Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

2 primary · 12 co-sponsors