2026 Regular Session
HB396
Residential Child Care Programs - Education of Children and Training of Child and Youth Care Practitioners
Repealing the maximum age for children in certain residential child care programs who receive educational support; requiring operators of certain residential child care programs to provide certain educational opportunities to the children for whom they have legal custody or care and control; requiring that applicants to be child and youth care practitioners undergo certain training; prohibiting an individual who holds a certificate as a residential child and youth care practitioner from being required to complete certain training; etc.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 6, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
120 yea–0 nay · 9 not voting · 12 absent
April 10, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
38 yea–0 nay · 6 not voting · 3 absent
April 13, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
116 yea–2 nay · 22 not voting · 1 absent
Committee referrals
March 9, 2026 · Senate
Education, Energy, and the Environment
January 22, 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 640
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House Passed Enrolled View roll call
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House Third Reading Passed (116-2) View roll call
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House House Concurs Senate Amendments
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Senate Third Reading Passed (38-0) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments View roll call
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {893425/1 Adopted View roll call
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Senate Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
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Senate Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
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House Third Reading Passed (120-0) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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House Favorable with Amendments {413926/1 Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
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House Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
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House Hearing canceled
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House Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
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House First Reading Ways and Means