PennsylvaniaHuman Services Department would publish yearly child care oversight reports
Pennsylvania’s Human Services Department would publish a yearly report on oversight and taxpayer-funded payments at regulated child care and child treatment facilities.
What it does
The Human Services Department would publish a yearly oversight report on regulated child care and child treatment facilities, including inspections, violations, enforcement, complaints, investigations, and taxpayer-funded child care payments.
Argument forPublishing enforcement and payment data could help lawmakers and families identify problems in child care oversight.
Argument againstCompiling yearly inspection, regional enforcement, and payment data could take staff time away from the department’s other work.
More detail
The department would prepare and publicly post the report and send it to leaders of four legislative committees. It would cover department-regulated child care facilities and child residential or day treatment facilities. At minimum, the report must cover inspections, violations, enforcement, complaints, investigations, and taxpayer-funded child care payments. Enforcement actions must be broken down statewide and by licensing region. Payment checks, improper payments, and recovered money are included only when the department has that information. The requirements would begin 60 days after the measure becomes law; reports would be due on or before January 1 each year.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Oct 22Act No. 113 of 2026Latest
- Oct 22Approved by the Governor Josh ShapiroBecame Law
- Oct 22Presented to the GovernorTo Governor
- Oct 22Signed in House
- Oct 21Signed in Senate
- Vote recorded CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed. Result: pass.Lower
- Oct 21Senate concurred in House amendments
- Oct 21Re-reported on concurrence, as committedMinor
- Oct 21Referred to Rules & Executive NominationsMinor
- Oct 21Third consideration and final passagePassed House
- Oct 21Re-reported as committedMinor
- Oct 20Re-referred to AppropriationsMinor
- Oct 20Second considerationMinor
- Oct 19Removed from table
- Oct 7Laid on the table
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Children & Youth): Report Bill As Amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Children & Youth): Adopt Amendment A04332. Result: pass.Lower
- Oct 7First considerationMinor
- Oct 7Reported as amendedMajor
- Jul 1Referred to Children & YouthMinor
- Jun 30Third consideration and final passagePassed Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 29Amended on third considerationMajor
- Vote recorded FONTANA AMENDMENT NO. A-3857. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded LAUGHLIN AMENDMENT NO. A-3918. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded BROOKS AMENDMENT NO. A-4061. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 22Re-reported as committedMinor
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 10Re-referred to AppropriationsMinor
- Jun 10Second considerationMinor
- Jun 9First considerationMinor
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Health & Human Services): Reported as Committed. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 9Reported as committedMinor
- Jun 8Referred to Health & Human ServicesIntroduced
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