HB 6 KY

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 related to the quality-based graduated early care and education rating system program to establish the intent of the General Assembly related to the program; establish processes and procedures for how the program is changed by administrative regulation; require a program modernization plan and final recommendations for modernization to be created and submitted to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 199.891 to define terms; create new requirements for how the Cabinet for Health and Family Services establishes and operates the Certified Child Care Community Designation Program; delete language related to a previous 1 time requirement for the cabinet to submit recommendations and best practices to the Legislative Research Commission; establish a new January 1, 2028 submission deadline for the cabinet to make publicly available a standardized application for certification and instructions for the program; establish new requirements for applications by local governments to participate in the program; require an annual report by the Cabinet for Economic Development regarding the program; amend KRS 199.8983 to increase the membership of the Kentucky Child Care Advisory Council; establish that the council shall additionally advise the Cabinet for Health and Family Services on the operations, funding, and licensing of child-care microcenters; create new sections of KRS Chapter 199 to define terms; establish licensure for child-care microcenters; establish the Kentucky Child-Care Microcenter Program to regulate the standards and operations of child-care microcenters; establish early care and education training requirements for licensed child-care providers and certified family child-care home providers; establish that the Education and Labor Cabinet shall compile, produce, and make publicly available a monthly report providing a comprehensive snapshot of all licensed and certified child care services, Head Start services, child care services regulated by the United States Department of Defense, and state-funded public preschool services operating within the Commonwealth; establish a voluntary designation process through which any licensed or certified child-care provider may identify as a faith-based program; require the Office of State Budget Director to produce a comprehensive annual report outlining all state and federal spending on child care and early childhood education services and submit it annually to the Legislative Research Commission; establish that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall submit an approval request to the federal Administration for Children and Families to utilize a cost estimation model to inform payment rates beginning with the fiscal year 2028-2030 Child Care and Development Fund state plan; amend KRS 199.882 to change the definitions of "contribution" and "state match" and define "third-party administrator"; amend KRS 199.883 to establish that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall enter into a contract with a private third-party administrator to administer the Employee Child Care Assistance Partnership Program and establish duties and requirements of the third-party administrator; amend KRS 199.885 to establish the third-party administrator is responsible for issuing state fund matches out of the Employee Child Care Assistance Partnership fund; amend KRS 199.886 and 199.887 to specify how employers and employees interact directly with the third-party administrator instead of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

• S. Heavrin Republican · primary
• R. Duvall Republican · primary
• R. Bivens Republican · primary
• J. Branscum Republican · primary
• S. Bratcher Republican · primary
• G. Brown Jr. Democratic · primary
• B. Chester-Burton Democratic · primary
• M. Clines Republican · primary
• S. Dietz Republican · primary
• D. Grossberg Democratic · primary
• V. Grossl Republican · primary
• T. Hampton Republican · primary
• K. Jackson Republican · primary
• DJ Johnson Republican · primary
• W. Lawrence Republican · primary
• S. Lewis Republican · primary
• S. McPherson Republican · primary
• D. Meade Republican · primary
• K. Moser Republican · primary
• A. Neighbors Republican · primary
• J. Nemes Republican · primary
• D. Osborne Republican · primary
• J. Payne Republican · primary
• M. Pollock Republican · primary
• W. Thomas Republican · primary
• W. Williams Republican · primary
• S. Witten Republican · primary

1. Feb 2, 2026 introduced in House · lower
2. Feb 2, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
3. Feb 9, 2026 to Families & Children (H) · lower
4. Feb 12, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) · lower
5. Feb 13, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
6. Feb 13, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 17 2026 · lower
7. Feb 17, 2026 3rd reading, passed 84-11 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) · lower
8. Feb 18, 2026 received in Senate · upper
9. Feb 18, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
10. Mar 6, 2026 to Families & Children (S) · upper
11. Mar 10, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · lower
12. Mar 11, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
13. Mar 24, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 26 2026 · lower
14. Mar 24, 2026 floor amendment (1) filed · lower
15. Mar 26, 2026 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day · lower
16. Mar 26, 2026 floor amendment (2) filed · lower
17. Mar 27, 2026 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day · lower
18. Mar 31, 2026 3rd reading, passed 36-1 with Floor Amendments (1) and (2) · lower
19. Mar 31, 2026 received in House · lower
20. Mar 31, 2026 to Rules (H) · lower
21. Mar 31, 2026 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate floor amendments (1) and (2) · lower
22. Mar 31, 2026 House concurred in Floor Amendments (1) and (2) · lower
23. Mar 31, 2026 passed 83-10 · lower
24. Apr 1, 2026 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House · lower
25. Apr 1, 2026 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate · upper
26. Apr 1, 2026 delivered to Governor · lower
27. Apr 14, 2026 became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 146) · lower