Virginia House Bill 1959

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 3 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-10 - Assigned Education sub: Public Education
Pending: Senate Education: Public Education Committee
Hearing: Feb 13 @ 8:30 am in Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Department of Education; Child Care Subsidy Program waiting list; additional priority group; target timeline for assigning slots to priority groups. Requires the Department of Education to amend its Child Care Subsidy Program Guidance Manual to add a seventh priority group to the Child Care Subsidy Program waiting list that consists of any family that meets all other Program eligibility criteria and includes a parent who is employed for at least 30 hours per week by a publicly funded child care provider in the Commonwealth that serves children from birth to age five, excluding employment by a local school division but including employment by a Head Start program that is located within a public school building. The bill also directs the Department of Education to require local departments of social services to target a maximum of 30 days for moving priority group families from the waiting list into services; regularly assess, in coordination with the Department of Social Services, the length of time it takes for priority groups to be assigned slots; and provide quarterly updates, beginning October 1, 2025, to the Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education on such timeline and any other barriers experienced by families in priority groups on the waiting list in accessing services.

Child Care Subsidy Program waiting list; target timeline for assigning slots to priority groups.

Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D]	Del. Bonita Anthony [D]	Del. Alex Askew [D]	Del. Katrina Callsen [D]
Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Laura Jane Cohen [D]	Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]	Del. Rae Cousins [D]
Del. Michael Feggans [D]	Del. Debra Gardner [D]	Del. Jackie Glass [D]	Del. C.E. Hayes [D]
Del. Dan Helmer [D]	Del. Rozia Henson [D]	Del. Charniele Herring [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]
Del. Paul Krizek [D]	Del. Destiny LeVere Bolling [D]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Michelle Maldonado [D]
Del. Marty Martinez [D]	Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Candi Mundon King [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]
Del. Atoosa Reaser [D]	Del. Holly Seibold [D]	Del. Briana Sewell [D]	Del. Irene Shin [D]
Del. Mark Sickles [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Del. Richard Sullivan [D]	Del. Joshua Thomas [D]
Del. Kathy Tran [D]	Del. Jeion Ward [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]

2025-02-04 - House - Read third time and passed House (85-Y 12-N) (Y: 85 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-01-29 - House - Reported from Education (20-Y 2-N) (Y: 20 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-22 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-10	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Public Education
2025-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2025-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2025-02-04	House	Read third time and passed House (85-Y 12-N)
2025-02-03	House	Read second time and engrossed
2025-01-31	House	Read first time
2025-01-29	House	Reported from Education (20-Y 2-N)
2025-01-22	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N)
2025-01-21	House	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1959)
2025-01-21	House	Assigned Educ sub: Early Childhood
2025-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2025-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104417D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1959
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1959/text/HB1959
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1025163.PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB1959/20251/H09003V2510650
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB1959/20251/H09V2511589
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB1959/20251/2518399