2026 Regular Session
HB849
Child Care Scholarship Program - Freeze in Enrollment - Exceptions and Waitlist
Prohibiting a freeze in enrollment in the Child Care Scholarship Program from including certain individuals enrolled in certain governmental support programs, children with siblings enrolled in the Program, and children who are homeless; requiring the State Department of Education to establish a waitlist for the Program under certain conditions; requiring the Department to give priority for enrollment in the Program to certain individuals on the waitlist; requiring a new application for the program that collects certain information; etc.
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
123 yea–13 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 4, 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 594
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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 (123-13) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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House Favorable with Amendments {193322/1 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 Reassigned to Ways and Means Appropriations
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House First Reading Ways and Means