SF445Introduced in the Senate
A bill for an act relating to early childhood education and care, including by modifying provisions related to the statewide preschool program, the child development coordinating council, programs for at-risk children, the responsibilities of the department of education, the early childhood Iowa initiative, and the state child care assistance program, establishing the child care continuum partnership grants pilot program within the department of health and human services, making appropriations and reducing appropriations, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1135.)
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What does this bill do?
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Official description
A bill for an act relating to early childhood education and care, including by modifying provisions related to the statewide preschool program, the child development coordinating council, programs for at-risk children, the responsibilities of the department of education, the early childhood Iowa initiative, and the state child care assistance program, establishing the child care continuum partnership grants pilot program within the department of health and human services, making appropriations and reducing appropriations, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1135.)
Where it stands
Rereferred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 1221.
May 15, 2025
How did lawmakers vote?
SenateStage: Shall the bill pass? · April 23, 2025
33
Yes
14
No
3
Absent or Not Voting
50 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
What do people think?
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See how each senator voted
| Senator | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Rocky De Witt | 1 | Yes |
| Jeff Taylor | 2 | Yes |
| Lynn Evans | 3 | Yes |
| Tim Kraayenbrink | 4 | Yes |
| Dave Rowley | 5 | Yes |
| Jason Schultz | 6 | Yes |
| Kevin Alons | 7 | Yes |
| Mark Costello | 8 | Yes |
| Tom Shipley | 9 | Yes |
| Dan Dawson | 10 | Yes |
Bill history
Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 364.
Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 369.
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 689.
Fiscal note.
Amendment S-3132 filed, adopted. S.J. 873.
Amendment S-3133 filed, lost. S.J. 874.
Amendment S-3134 filed, lost. S.J. 874.
Amendment S-3135 filed, lost. S.J. 875.
Amendment S-3136 filed, lost. S.J. 876.
Passed Senate, yeas 33, nays 14. S.J. 877.
Immediate message. S.J. 877.
Fiscal note.
Message from Senate. H.J. 1054.
Read first time, passed on file. H.J. 1054.
Rereferred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 1221.
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