BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

HB 2179: Child care local licensing

Providing local licensing and regulation of child care providers.

Summary

Authorizes counties with a population of less than 100,000 to adopt and maintain ordinances for the licensing and regulation of child care centers and family home providers for any period of time between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2032.
Requires the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) to provide technical assistance to participating counties on request.
Requires participating counties to report to the DCYF on a quarterly basis, and directs the DCYF to compile and maintain on its website a list of counties that locally license child care centers and family home providers.
Requires the DCYF, in consultation with representatives of local governments, to contract for a third party consultant to conduct an analysis of local licensing and regulation of child care centers and family home providers.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to local licensing and regulation of child care providers;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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HB 2179 (2019–20) Unclaimed property admin. · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2179 (2017–18) SR 167 HOV toll lane pilot · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2179 (2015–16) Revenue T.O. · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2179 (2013–14) Government surveillance · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2179 (2011–12) Liquor license objections · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2179 (2009–10) Transportation improvements · Enacted · Chapter 251, Laws of 2010
HB 2179 (2007–08) Port district commissioners · Did not pass · died in committee