Bilingual Child Care Licensing Resources
| Type | Bill |
|---|---|
| Session | 2024 Regular Session |
| Subjects |
Concerning requiring the department of early childhood to provide child care licensing resources in prevalent languages, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
Bill Summary:
The act requires the department of early childhood (department) to provide education and information in plain language and in prevalent languages to help individuals complete the paperwork required to meet child care licensing compliance requirements. Prevalent languages is defined as the 2 most prevalent languages spoken in Colorado.
The department is required to provide services in prevalent languages to individuals seeking to open or otherwise participate in the operation of an early childhood program or facility licensed by the department.
The act creates the bilingual licensing unit in the department to help the department satisfy its duties to provide education, information, and services in prevalent languages and requires the general assembly to appropriate $235,000 from the general fund to the department for the 2024-25 state fiscal year and for each state fiscal year thereafter to pay the costs of the bilingual licensing unit's activities.
The act also requires the general assembly to appropriate $45,000 from the general fund to the department for the 2024-25 state fiscal year to pay costs associated with updating the department's mobile licensing application.
APPROVED by Governor June 6, 2024
EFFECTIVE June 6, 2024
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Related Documents & Information
| Activity | Vote | Documents |
|---|
| Activity | Vote | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Refer House Bill 24-1009 to the Committee on Appropriations. | The motion passed on a vote of 6-1. | Vote summary |
| Activity | Vote | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Adopt amendment J.001 | The motion passed without objection. | Vote summary |
| Refer House Bill 24-1009, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. | The motion passed on a vote of 7-4. | Vote summary |
| Activity | Vote | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment D) | The motion passed without objection. | Vote summary |
| Refer House Bill 24-1009, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. | The motion passed on a vote of 9-1. | Vote summary |
| Date | Calendar | Motion | Vote | Vote Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/02/2024 | Third Reading | BILL |
33
AYE
2
NO
0
OTHER
|
Vote record |
| Date | Calendar | Motion | Vote | Vote Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/19/2024 | Third Reading | BILL |
47
AYE
13
NO
5
OTHER
|
Vote record |
| Date | Location | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 06/06/2024 | Governor | Governor Signed |
| 05/16/2024 | Governor | Sent to the Governor |
| 05/16/2024 | Senate | Signed by the President of the Senate |
| 05/16/2024 | House | Signed by the Speaker of the House |
| 05/02/2024 | Senate | Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments |
| 05/01/2024 | Senate | Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments |
| 05/01/2024 | Senate | Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole |
| 04/29/2024 | Senate | Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations |
| 04/22/2024 | Senate | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education |
| 04/19/2024 | House | House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments |
| 04/18/2024 | House | House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee |
| 04/17/2024 | House | House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole |
| 02/08/2024 | House | House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations |
| 01/10/2024 | House | Introduced In House - Assigned to Education |
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| Effective Date | Chapter # | Title | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/06/2024 | 472 | Bilingual Child Care Licensing Resources |