MontanaMontana lawmakers would study ways to improve child-care access
The resolution would ask a committee to study child-care access and recommend improvements, with results due to the 70th Legislature.
What it does
A committee would study families' child-care needs and providers' challenges, then recommend ways to improve access while maintaining quality.
Argument forStudying family needs and provider challenges could help lawmakers propose ways to improve access while keeping child care safe and high quality.
Argument againstA study could take committee time without ensuring that families find more child care or that providers face fewer barriers.
More detail
The resolution would ask the Legislative Council to assign a committee to study barriers to providing and finding child care. The study would cover families' access to child care and providers' challenges with licensing, rules, costs, and business growth. The committee would consider family needs and provider challenges, and recommend ways to improve access while maintaining child-care quality. It would also recommend ways to strengthen the child-care workforce and propose changes to state laws and administrative rules. The study would be completed before September 15, 2026, and its results would be reported to the 70th Legislature.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Died
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- May 23(S) Died in ProcessDied
- Apr 29(H) 2nd ReadingMinor
- Vote recorded Do Concur. Result: fail.Lower
- Apr 29(H) Scheduled for 2nd ReadingMinor
- Apr 28(H) Committee Report - (H) Human Services
- Vote recorded resolution_adopted. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 28(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Human Services
- Apr 25(H) Hearing - (H) Human Services
- Apr 25(H) 1st Reading
- Apr 25(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human ServicesMinor
- Apr 25(S) Transmitted to House
- Apr 24(S) 3rd Reading
- Vote recorded Do Pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 24(S) Scheduled for 3rd ReadingMinor
- Apr 23(S) 2nd ReadingMinor
- Vote recorded Do Pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 23(S) Scheduled for 2nd ReadingMinor
- Apr 17(S) Committee Report - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- Vote recorded resolution_adopted. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 17(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- Apr 15(S) Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- Apr 11(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and SafetyMinor
- Apr 11(S) 1st Reading
- Apr 11(S) Introduced
- Apr 11(LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- Apr 10(LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- Apr 10(LC) Draft in Assembly
- Apr 9(LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- Apr 9(LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- Apr 4(LC) Draft in Edit
- Apr 3(LC) Draft in Legal Review
- Mar 25(LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- 2024
- Nov 5(LC) Draft On Hold
- Nov 5(LC) Drafter AssignedIntroduced
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