BILL · 2025–26 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5062

SB 5062: Child care workforce board

Establishing a child care workforce standards board.

Summary

Establishes a state Childcare Workforce Standards Board (Board) to establish minimum employment standards for child-care workers (Workers) , including standards on compensation and other working conditions.
Establishes areas of review and considerations for the Board when establishing standards and requires review of employment standards every four years.
Requires the Board to establish a training curriculum for child-care w W orkers and to certify worker organizations to provide the training.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5062), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to establishing a child care workforce standards board;

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

Jan 12, 2026By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5062)
Jan 12, 2026By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Feb 3, 2025Referred to Ways & Means. (SSB 5062)
Feb 3, 2025Referred to Ways & Means.
Jan 31, 2025LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5062)
Jan 31, 2025And refer to Ways & Means. (SSB 5062)
Jan 31, 2025Minority; do not pass. (SSB 5062)
Jan 31, 2025Minority; do not pass.
Jan 31, 2025And refer to Ways & Means.
Jan 31, 2025LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 13, 2025First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
Dec 16, 2024Prefiled for introduction.

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

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