SB 20 VA

0likes☆Favorite🔕SubscribeShare

Passed One Chamber

Early childhood care and education; Child Care Subsidy Program; income-based eligibility for assistance; development and implementation of phased reduction model; report. Requires the Department of Education to develop and implement a phased reduction model for the Child Care Subsidy Program (the Program) that provides for an assistance phase-out period during which the assistance for which a given family is eligible is reduced in proportion to increases in such family's income for the purpose of ensuring that no family receiving child care assistance under the Program experiences a sudden loss in eligibility for assistance as a result of an increase in family income. The bill requires the phased reduction model developed and implemented by the Department to consist of incremental income tiers, with each increase in income tier corresponding to a proportional reduction in the percentage of assistance for which a given family is eligible under the Program. The bill directs the Board of Education to (i) promulgate regulations for the development and implementation of the phased reduction model in accordance with the provisions of the bill and (ii) submit to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services any amendments to the current Child Care and Development Fund Plan for Virginia as are necessary to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill requires the Department of Education to provide an interim report to the General Assembly by October 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, and a summative report to the General Assembly by April 1, 2027.

• Mamie E. Locke Democratic · primary

1. Nov 17, 2025 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100691D · upper
2. Nov 17, 2025 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
3. Jan 15, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Public Education · upper
4. Jan 22, 2026 Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) · upper
5. Jan 27, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB20) · upper
6. Feb 10, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) · upper
7. Feb 11, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107634D-S1 · upper
8. Feb 11, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
9. Feb 11, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
10. Feb 11, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
11. Feb 12, 2026 Read second time · upper
12. Feb 12, 2026 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to · upper
13. Feb 12, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
14. Feb 13, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
15. Feb 18, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
16. Feb 18, 2026 Read first time · lower
17. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
18. Mar 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB20) · upper
19. Mar 4, 2026 House committee offered · lower
20. Mar 4, 2026 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (18-Y 3-N) · lower
21. Mar 6, 2026 Read second time · lower
22. Mar 9, 2026 Passed by for the day · lower
23. Mar 10, 2026 Passed by for the day · lower
24. Mar 11, 2026 Motion to rerefer to Education agreed to · lower
25. Mar 11, 2026 Rereferred to Education · lower
26. Mar 14, 2026 Left in Education · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Education Amendment · HTML
• Education Amendment · HTML
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML