2026 Regular Session
HB1321
Child Care Scholarship Program - Application Process and Copays - Alterations
Requiring the State Department of Education to identify, inform, and assist Child Care Scholarship Program applicants who qualify for enrollment in publicly funded prekindergarten, Head Start, and Early Head Start subject to certain conditions; requiring the process for identifying and assisting eligible applicants whose children qualify for a program to continue as long as the waitlist is in effect; and limiting certain copays for certain individuals under the Program.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 11, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
130 yea–6 nay · 1 not voting · 4 absent
April 13, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
43 yea–0 nay · 4 not voting
Committee referrals
March 12, 2026 · Senate
Education, Energy, and the Environment
February 12, 2026 · House
Ways and Means
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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House Approved by the Governor - Chapter 595
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House Returned Passed
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Senate Third Reading Passed (43-0) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed
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Senate Favorable Adopted
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Senate Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
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Senate Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
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Senate Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment Budget and Taxation
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House Third Reading Passed (130-6) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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House Favorable with Amendments {573921/1 Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
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House Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
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House First Reading Ways and Means and Appropriations