HB1216
Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program; established, report.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program.
Establishes the Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program (the Program) to provide matching funds to employers in order to incentivize employers to contribute to the child care costs of their employees. The Program shall be administered by the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation (the Foundation). To participate in the Program, an ... (More) employer shall agree to make child care contributions to the eligible mixed-delivery provider on behalf of the employee and shall provide any other information deemed necessary by the Foundation. To the extent funds are available, the Foundation shall issue a state match directly to such eligible mixed-delivery provider or to a third-party administrator. Program funds shall be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis; however, the Foundation is encouraged to prioritize awards to small businesses. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/10/2024 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24105032D
- 01/10/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/21/2024 - House: Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
- 01/25/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1216)
- 01/29/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/2024 - House: Committee substitute printed 24106356D-H1
- 01/31/2024 - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/05/2024 - House: Read second time
- 02/05/2024 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 24106356D-H1
- 02/05/2024 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1216H1
- 02/06/2024 - House: Read third time and passed House (87-Y 8-N)
- 02/06/2024 - House: VOTE: Passage (87-Y 8-N)
- 02/07/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
- 02/13/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1216H1)
- 03/09/2024 - Senate: Left in Finance and Appropriations
