SB20
Child Care Subsidy Program; income-based eligibility for assistance.
Status:
Killed
Latest Action:
March 14, 2026
House: Left in Education
Chief Patron:
Mamie Locke (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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 ... (More) 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. (Less)-
Bill History
- 11/17/2025 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100691D
- 11/17/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/15/2026 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 01/22/2026 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/27/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB20)
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26107634D-S1
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/18/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/18/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 03/03/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB20)
- 03/04/2026 - House: House committee offered
- 03/04/2026 - House: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (18-Y 3-N)
- 03/06/2026 - House: Read second time
- 03/09/2026 - House: Passed by for the day
- 03/10/2026 - House: Passed by for the day
- 03/11/2026 - House: Motion to rerefer to Education agreed to
- 03/11/2026 - House: Rereferred to Education
- 03/14/2026 - House: Left in Education
