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HB2409 • 2026

Authorizes the "Child Care Contribution Tax Credit Act", the "Employer-Provided Child Care Assistance Tax Credit Act", and the "Child Care Providers Tax Credit", relating to tax credits for child care

Authorizes the "Child Care Contribution Tax Credit Act", the "Employer-Provided Child Care Assistance Tax Credit Act", and the "Child Care Providers Tax Credit", relating to tax credits for child care

Children Labor Taxes
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Shields, Brenda (011)
Last action
2026-05-07
Official status
05/07/2026 - Voted Do Pass (S)
Effective date
2026-08-28

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Authorizes the "Child Care Contribution Tax Credit Act", the "Employer-Provided Child Care Assistance Tax Credit Act", and the "Child Care Providers Tax Credit", relating to tax credits for child care

Authorizes the "Child Care Contribution Tax Credit Act", the "Employer-Provided Child Care Assistance Tax Credit Act", and the "Child Care Providers Tax Credit", relating to tax credits for child care

What This Bill Does

  • Authorizes the "Child Care Contribution Tax Credit Act", the "Employer-Provided Child Care Assistance Tax Credit Act", and the "Child Care Providers Tax Credit", relating to tax credits for child care

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-07 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Executive Session Held (S)

  2. 2026-05-07 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Voted Do Pass (S)

  3. 2026-04-21 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Public Hearing Held (S)

  4. 2026-04-16 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 10:00 a.m., Senate Committee Room - 1st Floor

  5. 2026-04-08 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Second read and referred: Emerging Issues and Professional Registration(S)

  6. 2026-04-07 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Reported to the Senate and First Read (S)

  7. 2026-04-02 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Executive Session Completed (H)

  8. 2026-04-02 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Voted Do Pass (H)

  9. 2026-04-02 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 6 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 1

  10. 2026-04-02 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Placed on the Informal Third Reading Calendar (H)

  11. 2026-04-02 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Taken Up for Third Reading (H)

  12. 2026-04-02 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 97 NOES: 44 PRESENT: 0

  13. 2026-04-01 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Referred: Fiscal Review(H)

  14. 2026-03-31 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Taken Up for Perfection (H)

  15. 2026-03-31 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Title of Bill - Agreed To

  16. 2026-03-31 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Perfected (H)

  17. 2026-03-23 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Placed on the Informal Perfection Calendar (H)

  18. 2026-03-11 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Placed Back on Formal Perfection Calendar (H)

  19. 2026-03-02 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Placed on the Informal Perfection Calendar (H)

  20. 2026-02-23 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Executive Session Completed (H)

  21. 2026-02-23 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Voted Do Pass (H)

  22. 2026-02-23 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 11 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0

  23. 2026-02-18 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 14 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0

  24. 2026-02-18 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Referred: Rules - Legislative(H)

  25. 2026-02-17 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Executive Session Completed (H)

  26. 2026-02-17 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Voted Do Pass (H)

  27. 2026-02-10 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Public Hearing Completed (H)

  28. 2026-02-04 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Referred: Economic Development(H)

  29. 2026-01-08 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Read Second Time (H)

  30. 2026-01-07 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Read First Time (H)

  31. 2025-12-15 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Prefiled (H)

Official Summary Text

Authorizes the "Child Care Contribution Tax Credit Act", the "Employer-Provided Child Care Assistance Tax Credit Act", and the "Child Care Providers Tax Credit", relating to tax credits for child care

Current Bill Text

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UNOFFICIAL COPY
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
103rd General Assembly
State of Missouri - House of Representatives
HBs 3rd READ - INFORMAL
HB 2409
SHIELDS (011)
TAX CREDITS FOR CHILD CARE
5914H.01P
4/2/2026Date :Session Day : 46
Roll Call : 28
N - ALLEN N - DURNELL N - LEWIS Y - SEITZ
Y - AMATO @ - EALY N - LOY N - SELF
Y - ANDERSON N - ELLIOTT N - LUCAS @ - SHARP 37
@ - APPELBAUM Y - FALKNER Y - MACKEY Y - SHARPE 4
Y - AUNE @ - FARNAN Y - MANSUR Y - SHIELDS
N - BANDERMAN Y - FOGLE N - MARTIN N - SIMMONS
Y - BARNES Y - FOUNTAIN HENDERS N - MATTHIESEN Y - SMITH 46
N - BILLINGTON N - FOWLER Y - MAYHEW Y - SMITH 68
Y - BLACK Y - FUCHS Y - MCGAUGH Y - SMITH 74
N - BOGGS Y - GALLICK @ - MCGIRL Y - STEINHOFF
@ - BOSLEY N - GRAGG N - MEIRATH Y - STEINMETZ
Y - BOYKIN Y - GRIFFITH N - MILLER N - STEINMEYER
Y - BOYKO Y - HADEN Y - MOSLEY Y - STINNETT
Y - BROMLEY Y - HALES Y - MURPHY Y - STRICKLER
Y - BROWN Y - HALEY Y - MURRAY N - TAYLOR 48
Y - BURTON @ - HARBISON N - MYERS Y - TAYLOR 84
Y - BUSH N - HARDWICK Y - NOLTE Y - TERRY
Y - BUSICK N - HAUSMAN Y - OEHLERKING Y - THOMAS
Y - BUTZ Y - HEIN Y - OVERCAST @ - THOMPSON
Y - BYRNES Y - HEWKIN N - OWEN N - TITUS
N - CASTEEL Y - HINMAN Y - PARKER Y - VANSCHOIACK
Y - CATON Y - HOVIS N - PERKINS Y - VEIT
N - CHAPPELL Y - HRUZA Y - PETERS N - VERNETTI
N - CHRIST @ - HURLBERT @ - PHELPS Y - VIOLET
N - CHRISTENSEN Y - INGLE Y - PLANK @ - VOSS
Y - CLEMENS N - IRWIN Y - POLLITT Y - WALSH MOORE
N - COLEMAN Y - JACOBS Y - POUCHE Y - WARWICK
Y - COLLINS Y - JAMISON Y - PRICE Y - WEBER
N - COOK @ - JOBE Y - PROUDIE Y - WELLENKAMP
N - COSTLOW Y - JOHNSON Y - REED @ - WEST
Y - CROSSLEY N - JONES 12 Y - REEDY N - WHALEY
N - CUPPS N - JONES 88 Y - REUTER @ - WILLIAMS
N - DAVIDSON N - JORDAN Y - RIGGS Y - WILSON
N - DAVIS Y - JUSTUS N - RILEY N - WOLFIN
Y - DEAN Y - KALBERLOH Y - ROBERTS Y - WOODS
@ - DEATON @ - KEATHLEY Y - RUSH Y - WRIGHT
Y - DIEHL N - KELLEY Y - SASSMANN Y - YOUNG
Y - DOLAN Y - KIMBLE Y - SCHMIDT Y - ZIMMERMANN
Y - DOLL Y - KNIGHT @ - SCHULTE Y - MR SPEAKER
Y - DOUGLAS Y - LAUBINGER
Total Yes : 97 Total Present : 0
Total No : 44 Total Absent : 17
Vacancies : 5