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HB05163

Task Force to Study Affordability for Children, Families, and Young Professionals

Last scannedAug 25, 2026, 6:19 AM

In one sentence

This law creates a task force to study ways to make living costs lower for children, families, and young professionals in the state.

What it does

  • Establishes a task force to look at programs that help with cash assistance, education, job training, and child care costs.
  • Requires the group to find barriers like housing rules, transportation issues, health care access, child care access, and racial differences that make life expensive.
  • Asks members to study how inflation and different local prices affect families across the state.
  • Directs the task force to create a way to track income changes, home ownership rates, job retention, and other signs of economic mobility in areas with low affordability.
  • Orders the group to find short-term fixes and long-term reforms that could improve affordability.
  • Sets deadlines for a preliminary report by June 1, 2027, and a final report by June 1, 2028.

Who it affects

  • Children, families, and young professionals living in the state who face high costs.
  • State agency commissioners from social services, children and families, early childhood, developmental services, public health, and education departments.
  • Members of General Assembly committees that handle matters relating to children, human services, and appropriations.

Limits and unknowns

  • The law does not provide new funding for programs; it only asks the task force to identify possible sources of money.
  • The final report is due by June 1, 2028, but the specific recommendations are unknown until that date.

Plain language

Terms to know

Task Force
A temporary group created to study a specific problem and make recommendations.
Affordability
How easy it is for people to pay for basic needs like housing, food, and care without struggling financially.
Designee
A person chosen by an official to act on their behalf if they cannot attend or perform a duty.

Official record

Sources

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Official summary

To establish a task force to study methods and programs for improving affordability for children, families and young professionals.

Official activity

Bill history

  1. Signed by the Governor
  2. Transmitted to the Secretary of State
  3. Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
  4. Special Act 26-11LCO
  5. Senate Adopted House Amendment Schedule A
  6. Senate Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A
  7. On Consent Calendar / In Concurrence
  8. Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
  9. Senate Calendar Number 353
  10. File Number 584LCO
  11. House Adopted House Amendment Schedule A 3872
  12. House Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A
  13. Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' OfficeLCO
  14. Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
  15. House Calendar Number 34
  16. File Number 9LCO
  17. Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/09/26 5:00 PMLCO
  18. Filed with Legislative Commissioners' OfficeLCO
  19. Joint FavorableKID
  20. Public Hearing 02/17