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2024 SESSION

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HB 739 Early childhood care and education; exemption from licensure for certain child day programs.

Introduced by: Briana D. Sewell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Early childhood care and education; exemption from licensure for certain child day programs. Exempts from licensure by the Superintendent of Public Instruction any child day program that (i) serves only dependent children of military personnel and (ii) (a) is located on a military base or federal property or (b) is certified as a family child care provider by a branch of the Armed Forces of the United States and provides that any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States or its agent, including an installation commander of a military base on which a child day program is located, may assume responsibility for approving or determining which children may be served by the program that is so exempted from licensure. This bill incorporates HB 146 and is identical to SB 702.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101358D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/05/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24106106D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/22/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB739ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/08/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0049)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted

HISTORY

• 01/09/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101358D
• 01/09/24  House: Referred to Committee on Education
• 01/19/24  House: Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood
• 01/31/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/24  House: Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24106106D-H1
• 02/05/24  House: Incorporates Hb146 (Tata)
• 02/07/24  House: Read first time
• 02/08/24  House: Read second time
• 02/08/24  House: Committee substitute agreed to 24106106D-H1
• 02/08/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB739H1
• 02/09/24  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/24  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/12/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/15/24  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/24  Senate: Read third time
• 02/19/24  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/24  House: Enrolled
• 02/22/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB739ER)
• 02/22/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/25/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/01/24  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024
• 03/01/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024
• 03/08/24  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 49 (effective 7/1/24)
• 03/08/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0049)