HR 363 Pennsylvania House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A Resolution directing the Joint State Government Commission to study Pennsylvania's early childhood education system, including the impact of public and private equity in child care and make recommendations for improvements that are necessary to increase access to affordable, high-quality care for all families across this Commonwealth.

This resolution directs Pennsylvania's Joint State Government Commission to study how private equity ownership affects child care services. The study will examine impacts on costs, quality, and access for families, then propose recommendations to limit negative effects. It directly affects child care providers operating under private equity ownership and families using these services. The Commission must complete this work and report findings to the legislature.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Nov 2025

Committee Review

Nov 2025

House Passage

Jun 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Nov 6, 2025 Last action Jun 23, 2026

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What changed between versions

Printer's No. PN3482 → Printer's No. PN3679 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was significantly rewritten to broaden its focus from exclusively studying the negative impacts of private equity firms to a comprehensive review of Pennsylvania's entire early childhood education system. The new version explicitly includes public, private, and private equity sectors, shifting the goal from limiting negative effects to finding improvements for all families. Additionally, the committee reporting date was updated to reflect a later amendment, and the specific mandate to examine how other states limit private equity was changed to a broader inquiry into how other states improve access to affordable care.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from a narrow focus on private equity firms to a broad analysis of the entire early childhood education system, including public and private sectors.

SCOPE

The study mandate was broadened from focusing solely on private equity impacts to analyzing the entire early childhood education system, including public, private, and private equity sectors.

The resolution's purpose was shifted from limiting negative effects of private equity to making recommendations for improvements to increase access to affordable care for all families.

REQUIREMENT

The specific requirement to examine how other states limit private equity was changed to a broader directive to evaluate how other states improve access to affordable, high-quality early learning programs.

TIMELINE

The sponsor list was updated to include a new sponsor (Khan) and the amendment date was changed from June 2, 2026 to June 23, 2026.

Floor votes · House Jun 23, 2026

How they voted

190–11

Passed

Total votes 201

Jun 23, 2026

D Democratic102

102 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican99

88 Yea 11 Nay

88% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

Jun 23, 2026

Lower · Passed

Adopted

lower

Jun 23, 2026

Introduced

Amended

lower

Jun 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported as amended

lower

Nov 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Children & Youth

lower

1 primary · 10 co-sponsors