HB 18 — Employee Child Care Assistance Program; established, reports.
VA 20261 session
Employee Child Care Assistance Program established. Establishes the Employee Child Care Assistance Program to provide matching funds in order to incentivize employers to contribute to the child care costs of their employees. The Program shall be administered by the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation. To participate in the Program, an employer shall agree to make child care contributions to the eligible mixed delivery provider on behalf of the employee or to a third-party administrator, as defined by the bill, and shall provide any other information deemed necessary by the Foundation. The bill specifies that, to the extent funds are available, the Foundation shall issue a state match to a third-party administrator. Program funds shall be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis; however, the bill clarifies that the Foundation is encouraged to prioritize awards to proposals involving contributions from small businesses. The bill requires the Foundation to provide an interim report to the General Assembly by September 1, 2028, and a summative report to the General Assembly by September 1, 2030, on the effectiveness and impact of the Program. This bill is identical to SB 3.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (29)
- Adele Y. McClure (D, VA) — sponsor
- Debra D. Gardner (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Phil M. Hernandez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marty Martinez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jessica L. Anderson (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Bonita G. Anthony (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nadarius E. Clark (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Joshua G. Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rae Cousins (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Mark C. Downey (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lily V. Franklin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Patrick A. Hope (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Garrett McGuire (D, VA) — cosponsor
- May Nivar (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Sam Rasoul (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Atoosa R. Reaser (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Charlie Schmidt (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Irene Shin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Shelly A. Simonds (D, VA) — cosponsor
- JJ Singh (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kathy K.L. Tran (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (36)
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adele Y. McClure (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Atoosa R. Reaser (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Bonita G. Anthony (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Charlie Schmidt (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Debra D. Gardner (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Garrett McGuire (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Irene Shin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | JJ Singh (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Jessica L. Anderson (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Joshua G. Cole (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Kathy K.L. Tran (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Lily V. Franklin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Mark C. Downey (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Marty Martinez (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | May Nivar (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Michelle Lopes Maldonado (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Nadarius E. Clark (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Patrick A. Hope (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Phil M. Hernandez (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no