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SB 6483 — Concerning rating requirements for child care providers.
Last action — Effective date 6/11/2020.
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✓Passed House
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 17, 2020. Enacted.
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Current position in the legislative process.
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2 sponsors
1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 D).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
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Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
1 added · 1 removedPlain-language change summary
The latest version of Bill SB 6483 includes some important changes regarding the requirements for child care providers seeking state funding. Notably, the timeline for new early childhood providers to attain a rating of 4 or 5 in the "Early Achievers" program has been extended from six months to twelve months for those who need remedial activities after initially rating below level 4. This adjustment aims to give providers more time to meet quality standards, which can contribute to better care and educational outcomes for children. Additionally, the bill now allows for ongoing participation in the program while providers wait for their rating, reducing the risk of disruption in services they offer to children.
S-6117.1SUBSTITUTEZ-0649.2SENATE SENATE BILL 6483State of Washington66th Legislature2020 Regular SessionBySenateSessionBySenators Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Wilson, C.
by request of Department of Children, Youth, and Families)READFamiliesRead FIRSTfirst TIMEtime 02/07/20.AN01/17/20.Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.AN ACT Relating to rating requirements for child care providers;
and reenacting and amending RCW 43.216.135;43.216.135.BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:Sec.
and amending 2019 c 369 s 6 (uncodified).BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:Sec.
The student must maintain passing grades and be in good standing pursuant to college attendance requirements.(c) Nothing in this subsection is intended to change how applicants or consumers are prioritized when applicants or consumers are placed on a wait list for working connections child care benefits.Sec.benefits.--- END ---
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2019 c 369 s 6 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department of children, youth, and families must deliver a progress report to the governor and the legislature by ((July))September 1, 2020, and a final report by July 1, 2021, that includes:(a) An analysis of consumer income and copay requirements in the working connections child care program and recommendations for mitigating the "cliff effect" for child care subsidy consumers.
Recommendations must consider:(i) How to further develop and implement a sliding scale or tiered reimbursement and phase-out model that works for both consumers and providers and provides incentives for quality child care across communities;(ii) Whether or not increasing or decreasing the eligibility threshold for working connections child care would allow parents to grow professionally without losing affordable child care;(iii) Whether further graduation of the copay scale would help alleviate the cliff that occurs at subsidy cutoff;
and(iv) Capping family child care expenses at seven percent of afamily's income;(b) Recommendations related to differential slot rates for the early childhood education and assistance program based on variable factors that may contribute to costs for providers when working to achieve positive child outcomes.
When developing the recommendations, the department must:(i) Consider, at a minimum, variations by geographic region, contractor type, child risk factors, and teacher credentials;(ii) Evaluate advantages and disadvantages of linking early childhood education and assistance program rates and other child care subsidy rates;
and(iii) Review the department-designated subsidy regions and adjust regional boundaries as necessary to reflect regional economic conditions;
and(c) A plan for blending child care development funds and early childhood education and assistance program funds to provide extended day slots in the early childhood education and assistance program.
The plan must include consideration of administrative efficiencies gained resulting from fully transferring the working connections child care program into the department.(2) This section expires January 1, ((2020))2022.--- END ---
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Action History
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Effective date 6/11/2020.
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Chapter 321, 2020 Laws.
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Governor signed.
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Delivered to Governor.
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Speaker signed.
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President signed.
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Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
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Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 01:30 PM
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HSEL - Majority; do pass.
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Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 01:30 PM
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First reading, referred to Human Services & Early Learning.
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Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1.
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Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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1st substitute bill substituted.
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1st substitute bill substituted.
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Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
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Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
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Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
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Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM
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First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.
Sponsors
- Claire Wilson · Primary
- Joe Nguyen · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on · 2 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Claire Wilson Democrat
Co-sponsors (1)
- Joe Nguyen Democrat
Not signed on (149)
149 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 149 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 96 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 98% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (98)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Appleton | — | Yea |
| Blake | — | Yea |
| Chambers | — | Yea |
| Chandler | — | Yea |
| Chopp | — | Yea |
| Cody | — | Yea |
| DeBolt | — | Yea |
| Dolan | — | Yea |
| Hoff | — | Yea |
| Hudgins | — | Yea |
| Irwin | — | Yea |
| Jenkin | — | Yea |
| Johnson, J. | — | Yea |
| Kirby | — | Yea |
| Klippert | — | Yea |
| Kraft | — | Yea |
| Kretz | — | Yea |
| Maycumber | — | Yea |
| McCaslin | — | Yea |
| Mead | — | Not Voting |
| Mosbrucker | — | Yea |
| Pellicciotti | — | Yea |
| Pettigrew | — | Yea |
| Sells | — | Yea |
| Shea | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Sutherland | — | Yea |
| Tarleton | — | Yea |
| Vick | — | Yea |
| Wilcox | — | Yea |
| Young | — | Yea |
| Van Werven | — | Yea |
| Alex Ramel | Democrat | Yea |
| Amy Walen | Democrat | Yea |
| Beth Doglio | Democrat | Yea |
| Bill Ramos | Democrat | Yea |
| Chris Kilduff | Democrat | Yea |
| Cindy Ryu | Democrat | Yea |
| Dave Paul | Democrat | Yea |
| Davina Duerr | Democrat | Yea |
| Debra Entenman | Democrat | Yea |
| Debra Lekanoff | Democrat | Yea |
| Drew Hansen | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerry Pollet | Democrat | Yea |
| Jake Fey | Democrat | Yea |
| Javier Valdez | Democrat | Yea |
| Joe Fitzgibbon | Democrat | Yea |
| John Lovick | Democrat | Yea |
| June Robinson | Democrat | Yea |
| Larry Springer | Democrat | Yea |
| Lauren Davis | Democrat | Yea |
| Laurie Jinkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Lillian Ortiz-Self | Democrat | Yea |
| Lisa Callan | Democrat | Yea |
| Marcus Riccelli | Democrat | Yea |
| Mari Leavitt | Democrat | Yea |
| Melanie Morgan | Democrat | Yea |
| Mia Gregerson | Democrat | Yea |
| Mike Chapman | Democrat | Yea |
| Monica Jurado Stonier | Democrat | Yea |
| My-Linh Thai | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Nicole Macri | Democrat | Yea |
| Noel Frame | Democrat | Yea |
| Roger Goodman | Democrat | Yea |
| Sharon Shewmake | Democrat | Yea |
| Sharon Tomiko Santos | Democrat | Yea |
| Sharon Wylie | Democrat | Yea |
| Shelley Kloba | Democrat | Yea |
| Steve Bergquist | Democrat | Yea |
| Steve Tharinger | Democrat | Yea |
| Strom Peterson | Democrat | Yea |
| Tana Senn | Democrat | Yea |
| Timm Ormsby | Democrat | Yea |
| Tina Orwall | Democrat | Yea |
| Vandana Slatter | Democrat | Yea |
| Alex Ybarra | Republican | Yea |
| Andrew Barkis | Republican | Yea |
| Carolyn Eslick | Republican | Yea |
| Chris Corry | Republican | Yea |
| Chris Gildon | Republican | Yea |
| Dan Griffey | Republican | Yea |
| Drew MacEwen | Republican | Yea |
| Drew Stokesbary | Republican | Yea |
| Ed Orcutt | Republican | Yea |
| Jenny Graham | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremie Dufault | Republican | Yea |
| Jim Walsh | Republican | Yea |
| Joe Schmick | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Goehner | Republican | Yea |
| Mary Dye | Republican | Yea |
| Matt Boehnke | Republican | Yea |
| Michelle Valdez | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Steele | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Volz | Republican | Yea |
| Paul Harris | Republican | Yea |
| Skyler Rude | Republican | Yea |
| Tom Dent | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 45 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 92% | 6% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (49)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Becker | — | Yea |
| Billig | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Carlyle | — | Yea |
| Darneille | — | Yea |
| Das | — | Yea |
| Ericksen | — | Nay |
| Frockt | — | Yea |
| Hawkins | — | Yea |
| Hobbs | — | Yea |
| Honeyford | — | Yea |
| Keiser | — | Yea |
| Kuderer | — | Yea |
| McCoy | — | Yea |
| Mullet | — | Yea |
| O'Ban | — | Yea |
| Padden | — | Yea |
| Randall | — | Yea |
| Rivers | — | Yea |
| Rolfes | — | Yea |
| Sheldon | — | Yea |
| Takko | — | Yea |
| Wilson, L. | — | Yea |
| Zeiger | — | Yea |
| Van De Wege | — | Yea |
| Annette Cleveland | Democrat | Yea |
| Bob Hasegawa | Democrat | Nay |
| Claire Wilson | Democrat | Yea |
| Derek Stanford | Democrat | Yea |
| Jamie Pedersen | Democrat | Yea |
| Jesse Salomon | Democrat | Yea |
| Joe Nguyen | Democrat | Yea |
| Lisa Wellman | Democrat | Yea |
| Liz Lovelett | Democrat | Yea |
| Manka Dhingra | Democrat | Yea |
| Marko Liias | Democrat | Yea |
| Rebecca Saldaña | Democrat | Yea |
| Steve Conway | Democrat | Yea |
| Victoria Hunt | Democrat | Yea |
| Curtis King | Republican | Yea |
| Jeff Holy | Republican | Yea |
| Jim Walsh | Republican | Yea |
| John Braun | Republican | Yea |
| Judy Warnick | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Wagoner | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Schoesler | Republican | Yea |
| Phil Fortunato | Republican | Not Voting |
| Ron Muzzall | Republican | Yea |
| Shelly Short | Republican | Nay |
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- SB 6483 is sponsored by Claire Wilson (Democrat) and Joe Nguyen (Democrat).
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- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 17, 2020. Enacted.
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