HB1972
Early childhood care & education; statewide unified public-private system, capacity & family choice.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Statewide unified public-private system for early childhood care and education in the Commonwealth; state goal; capacity and family choice.
Requires the statewide, unified, public-private system for early childhood care and education in the Commonwealth to be established with the goal of increasing and maintaining capacity systemwide to provide each family with meaningful access to high-quality and affordable choices among publicly funded, federally funded, mixed delivery, and private providers.-
Bill History
- 01/07/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104469D
- 01/07/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/13/2025 - House: Assigned Educ sub: Early Childhood
- 01/13/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/21/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/22/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/28/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/29/2025 - House: Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
- 01/29/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25105869D-H1
- 01/30/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1972)
- 01/30/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1972)
- 01/31/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/03/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/03/2025 - House: Education Substitute agreed to
- 02/03/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/04/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 47-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations with letter (14-Y 0-N)
