Bill Title: Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that through June 30, 2029, either a qualified child care director or a qualified early childhood teacher with a minimum of 2,880 hours of experience as an early childhood teacher at the early childhood teacher's current facility must be present for the first and last hour of the workday and at the opening or closing of the facility. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall adopt rules to implement the provisions. Provides that such rules must be filed with the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules no later than January 1, 2025. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-2)

Status: (Passed) 2024-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0821 [HB4491 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Chaptered	2024-08-14	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2024-05-28	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2024-04-10	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2024-01-17	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
Senate Amendment 001	2024-05-20	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 001	2024-03-04	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

Supplemental Documents

Title	Description	Date	Format	Source	View
No supplemental documents for Illinois HB4491 currently on file.