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Employee Child Care Assistance Program established. Establishes the Employee Child Care Assistance Program to provide matching funds in order to incentivize employers to contribute to the child care costs of their employees. The Program shall be administered by the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation. To participate in the Program, an employer shall agree to make child care contributions to the eligible mixed delivery provider on behalf of the employee or to a third-party administrator, as defined by the bill, and shall provide any other information deemed necessary by the Foundation. The bill specifies that, to the extent funds are available, the Foundation shall issue a state match to a third-party administrator. Program funds shall be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis; however, the bill clarifies that the Foundation is encouraged to prioritize awards to proposals involving contributions from small businesses. The bill requires the Foundation to provide an interim report to the General Assembly by September 1, 2028, and a summative report to the General Assembly by September 1, 2030, on the effectiveness and impact of the Program. This bill is identical to HB 18.
Introduced
Nov 17, 2025
Last Action
Mar 10, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 20 co
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB3ER)
Enrolled
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB3)
Signed by President
House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
Passed House with substitute (94-Y 4-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
committee substitute agreed to
Read third time
Read second time
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB3)
Committee substitute printed 26108281D-H1
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
Placed on Calendar
Read first time
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
Read second time
Committee substitute printed 26107571D-S1
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB3)
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Rules suspended
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
Incorporates SB119 (Carroll Foy)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB3)
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100206D
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Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Jennifer B. Boysko
R. Creigh Deeds
Adam P. Ebbin
Barbara A. Favola
Ghazala F. Hashmi
Michael J. Jones
Mamie E. Locke
L. Louise Lucas
David W. Marsden
Stella G. Pekarsky
Danica A. Roem
Aaron R. Rouse
Saddam Azlan Salim
Scott A. Surovell
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg
Angelia Williams Graves
Jennifer D. Carroll Foy