SB 592 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

Statewide Child Care Investment Act.

SB 592 allocates $25 million annually from 2025-2027 to fund one-time grants for North Carolina counties and private employers to expand child care capacity. The grants cover construction, equipment, facility upgrades, and playgrounds, with recipients required to provide a 25% matching contribution. Up to 9% of the grant funds can be used for administrative costs. The bill becomes effective July 1, 2025, directly supporting child care providers seeking to improve facilities and services.

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Mar 25, 2025 Last action Mar 26, 2025

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Filed → Edition 1 · 3 edits

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This diff shows primarily formatting and administrative changes to Senate Bill 592 rather than substantive policy modifications. The bill's core content regarding child care investment funding remains unchanged, with only the header information, filing dates, and bill version numbers being updated.

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Updated filing date from March 25, 2025 to March 26, 2025 and changed bill identifier from DRS15273-LUa-67B to S592-v-1

Added Senate Rules and Operations committee referral information with specific date

Adjusted header formatting to include page number and standardized bill presentation layout

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Committee

Mar 26, 2025

Committee

Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget

upper

Mar 26, 2025

Committee

Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

upper

Mar 25, 2025

Introduced

Filed

upper

1 primary · 6 co-sponsors