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HB2045Introduced in the House

Reducing certain license fees and training requirements for child care staff, creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements, authorizing the secretary of health and environment to develop and operate pilot programs to increase child care availability or capacity, transferring certain child care programs to the Kansas office of early childhood and creating day care licensing duties of the director of early childhood.

Passed

Introduced by Insurance

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Reducing certain license fees and training requirements for child care staff, creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements, authorizing the secretary of health and environment to develop and operate pilot programs to increase child care availability or capacity, transferring certain child care programs to the Kansas office of early childhood and creating day care licensing duties of the director of early childhood.

Where it stands

House Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 24, 2025

April 11, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: House Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 99 Nay: 23 · April 11, 2025

99

Yes

23

No

3

Absent or Not Voting

125 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Dale Helwig1No
Kenneth Collins2Yes
Charles Smith3Yes
Rick James4Yes
Carrie Barth5No
Samantha Poetter Parshall6No
Dan Goddard7Yes
Chris Croft8Yes
Fred Gardner9Yes
Suzanne Wikle10No

Bill history

  1. House Introduced

  2. House Referred to Committee on Insurance

  3. House Hearing: Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 3:30 PM Room 218-N

  4. House Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by

  5. House Final Action - Passed; Yea: 104 Nay: 10

  6. Senate Received and Introduced

  7. Senate Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance

  8. Senate Hearing: Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 9:30 AM Room 546-S

  9. Senate Hearing: Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 9:30 AM Room 546-S

  10. Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance

  11. Senate Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

  12. Senate Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

  13. Senate Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 0

  14. House Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Representative Sutton , Representative Bergkamp and Representative Neighbor as conferees

  15. Senate Motion to accede adopted; Senator Dietrich, Senator Fagg and Senator Francisco appointed as conferees

  16. Senate Senator Gossage, Senator Clifford, and Senator Holscher are appointed to replace Senator Dietrich, Senator Fagg, and Senator Francisco on the Conference Committee

  17. House Representative Tarwater, Representative Turk, and Representative Sawyer Clayton are appointed to replace Representative Sutton, Representative Bergkamp, and Representative Neighbor on the Conference Committee

  18. Senate Senator Sykes is appointed to replace Senator Holscher on the Conference Committee

  19. Senate Conference committee report now available

  20. Senate Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;

  21. Senate Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Gossage, Senator Clifford and Senator Sykes appointed as second conferees

  22. House Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Tarwater, Representative Turk and Representative Sawyer Clayton appointed as second conferees

  23. Senate Conference committee report now available

  24. Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 30 Nay: 10

  25. House Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;

  26. House Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 99 Nay: 23

  27. House Engrossed on Monday, April 14, 2025

  28. House Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 18, 2025

  29. House Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 24, 2025

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