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HB1026 • 2026

A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning state offices and administration.

A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning state offices and administration.

Budget Children
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representative Gregory Porter
Last action
2025-12-01
Official status
Introduced House Bill (H)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide a plain language title or one sentence summary.

What This Bill Does

  • Amends the appropriation from the financial responsibility and opportunity growth fund to require all funds to be used exclusively for the Child Care and Development Fund voucher program and On My Way Pre-K programmatic funding.

Terms To Know

financial responsibility and opportunity growth fund
A special fund used by the state to support various programs.
Child Care and Development Fund voucher program
A program that helps families pay for child care services.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how much money will be allocated from the fund.
  • It is unclear what happens if there are changes to the state budget during the biennium.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-01 House

    Authored by Representative Porter

  2. 2025-12-01 House

    First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning state offices and administration.
Child care funding.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning state offices and administration.

Child care funding.

Amends the appropriation from the financial responsibility and opportunity growth fund (fund) for the state budget biennium in HEA 1001-2025 to require the total amount appropriated from the fund to be used for funding the Child Care and Development Fund voucher program and On My Way Pre-K programmatic funding and for no other purpose.