Early childhood care & education; statewide unified public-private system, capacity & family choice.
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What it does
Official summary
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.
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More on this bill
Where it stands
Introduced
Passed House
3Passed Senate
4To Governor
5Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
2025
Feb 17Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations with letter (14-Y 0-N)Latest
Vote recorded Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations with letter (14-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
Feb 13Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)Minor
Vote recorded Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N). Result: pass.Upper
Feb 10Assigned Education sub: Public EducationMinor
Feb 5Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
Feb 5Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Feb 4Read third time and passed House (51-Y 47-N)Passed House
Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (51-Y 47-N). Result: pass.Lower
Feb 3Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
Feb 3Education Substitute agreed to
Feb 3Read second timeMinor
Jan 31Read first timeMinor
Jan 30Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1972)
Jan 30Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1972)
Jan 29Committee substitute printed 25105869D-H1Major
Vote recorded Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N). Result: pass.Lower
Jan 29Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N)Minor
Jan 22Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)Major
Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N). Result: pass.Lower
Jan 13Assigned Educ sub: Early ChildhoodMinor
Jan 7Referred to Committee on EducationMinor
Jan 7Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104469DIntroduced