Virginia House Bill 627 (Prefiled Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-31 - Continued to 2025 in Appropriations by voice vote
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Early childhood care; Child Care Subsidy Program expansion; provision of free child care to certain child care provider employees. Requires the Child Care Subsidy Program, established pursuant to applicable regulations, to be expanded to assist employees of any licensed child care provider in the Commonwealth with the costs of child care by providing any such employee who meets the eligibility criteria set forth in the bill child care at no cost to and with no copayment required of such employee. The bill directs the Board of Education to adopt any regulations and the Department of Education to implement any policies and procedures necessary for the implementation and administration of the provisions of the bill.

Early childhood care; Child Care Subsidy Program expansion, provision of free child care.

Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D]

Del. Marty Martinez [D]

Del. Irene Shin [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-31	House	Continued to 2025 in Appropriations by voice vote
2024-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 by voice vote
2024-01-17	House	Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
2024-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2024-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104750D

HB627 (Carry Over) 2024-01-31 - Continued to 2025 in Appropriations by voice vote

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+sum+HB627
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+ful+HB627+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+oth+HB627F122+PDF