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HB2294Introduced in the House

Substitute for HB 2294 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - 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.

EngrossedSenate Public Health and Welfare

Introduced by Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Substitute for HB 2294 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - 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

Senate Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare

March 25, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: House Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed - Yea: 103 Nay: 15 · March 20, 2025

103

Yes

15

No

7

Absent or Not Voting

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

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See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Dale Helwig1Yes
Kenneth Collins2Yes
Charles Smith3Yes
Rick James4Yes
Carrie Barth5No
Samantha Poetter Parshall6Absent
Dan Goddard7Yes
Chris Croft8Yes
Fred Gardner9Yes
Suzanne Wikle10Yes

Bill history

  1. House Introduced

  2. House Referred to Committee on Appropriations

  3. House Withdrawn from Committee on Appropriations; Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

  4. House Hearing: Thursday, February 27, 2025, 1:30 PM Room 346-S

  5. House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

  6. House Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

  7. House Committee of the Whole - Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

  8. House Withdrawn from Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development; Referred to Committee on Calendar and Printing

  9. House Withdrawn from Committee on Calendar and Printing; Rereferred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

  10. House Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

  11. House Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed

  12. House Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed

  13. House Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 103 Nay: 15

  14. Senate Received and Introduced

  15. Senate Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare

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