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2026 Regular Session

SB402

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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Introduced in Senate January 28, 2026 Senate passed March 20, 2026 House passed April 10, 2026 Senate passed April 10, 2026 Enrolled April 10, 2026 Governor approved May 26, 2026

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 20, 2026 · Senate

Third Reading Passed

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

40 yea–0 nay · 2 not voting · 5 absent

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April 10, 2026 · House

Third Reading Passed

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

128 yea–7 nay · 3 not voting · 3 absent

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April 10, 2026 · Senate

Third Reading Passed

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

41 yea–0 nay · 3 not voting · 3 absent

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Committee referrals

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.

  1. Senate Approved by the Governor - Chapter 641
  2. Senate Passed Enrolled View roll call
  3. Senate Third Reading Passed (41-0) View roll call
  4. Senate Senate Concurs House Amendments
  5. House Third Reading Passed (128-7) View roll call
  6. House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
  7. House Favorable with Amendments {293629/1 Adopted
  8. House Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
  9. House Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
  10. House Referred Ways and Means
  11. Senate Third Reading Passed (40-0) View roll call
  12. Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
  13. Senate Favorable with Amendments {853022/1 Adopted
  14. Senate Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
  15. Senate Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
  16. Senate First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
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