North Carolina 2025 Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 7 D · 3 R cosponsors

SB 412 — Childcare Subsidy Rate Increase and West Pilot.

Last action — Passed 1st Reading

  1. ✓
    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced March 24, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

Prognosis

Advancing 42% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

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  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 10 sponsors

    0 primary, 10 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (7 D · 3 R) — cross-party backing.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

11 added · 12 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Senate Bill 412, the title and the reference to the Health and Human Services Division have been clarified and standardized in the text. These changes ensure that the bill's intentions related to childcare subsidies and the pilot program are clearly communicated. This matters because it helps to streamline the legislative process and ensures that all participants and stakeholders have a clear understanding of the bill’s provisions, potentially leading to better implementation and support for childcare initiatives.

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FILED SENATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA Mar 24, 2025 S.B.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 1 SENATE BILL 412 Short Title:
412 SESSION 2025 PRINCIPAL CLERK S D SENATE BILL DRS15192-LUa-75D Short Title:Childcare Subsidy Rate Increase & West Pilot.
Childcare Subsidy Rate Increase & West Pilot.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO INCREASE CHILD CARE SUBSIDY RATES AND TO ESTABLISH A PILOT PROGRAM TO BUILD CHILD CARE CAPACITY IN AREAS IMPACTED BY HURRICANE HELENE.
Rules and Operations of the Senate March 25, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO INCREASE CHILD CARE SUBSIDY RATES AND TO ESTABLISH A PILOT PROGRAM TO BUILD CHILD CARE CAPACITY IN AREAS IMPACTED BY HURRICANE HELENE.
SECTION 1.(b) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (Division), the sum of one hundred twenty-three million five hundred thousand dollars ($123,500,000) in recurring funds for each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to implement the market rate increases set forth in subsection (a) of this section.
SECTION 1.(b) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and EarlyEducation (Division), the sum of one hundred twenty-three million five hundred thousand dollars ($123,500,000) in recurring funds for each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to implement the market rate increases set forth in subsection (a) of this section.
*DRS15192-LUa-75D* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (1) One million five hundred forty thousand dollars ($1,540,000) to the Foothills Regional Commission.
*S412-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (1) One million five hundred forty thousand dollars ($1,540,000) to the Foothills Regional Commission.
SECTION 2.(d) Thecouncils ofgovernments participating in thepilot program shall submit an initial progress report by January 1, 2026, and additional progress reports every six months thereafter for the duration of the pilot program to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services and the Fiscal Research Division.
SECTION2.(d) Thecouncils ofgovernments participatingin thepilot program shall submit an initial progress report by January 1, 2026, and additional progress reports every six months thereafter for the duration of the pilot program to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services and the Fiscal Research Division.
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Action History

  1. Passed 1st Reading

  2. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  3. Withdrawn From Com

  4. Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget

  5. Filed

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Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (10)

Not signed on (169)

169 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 412?
SB 412 is sponsored by Joyce Waddell (Democratic), Mujtaba A. Mohammed (Democratic), Julie Mayfield (Democratic), Lisa Grafstein (Democratic), Kevin Corbin (Republican), Sophia Chitlik (Democratic), Jay J. Chaudhuri (Democratic), Jim Burgin (Republican), Ralph Hise (Republican), and Kandie D. Smith (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 412?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced March 24, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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