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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 924

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Relating to: child care reimbursement rates in Wisconsin Shares and making an appropriation. (FE)

Children and families, department of Day care Deaf and hearing impaired

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill increases the funding available for child care subsidies under

Wisconsin Shares across the state and increases the bonus offered for child care

subsidies for children enrolled in facilities that receive a four-star or five-star rating

under the Department of Children and Families' child care quality rating program.

Under current law, DCF is directed to allocate in each fiscal year specific

amounts of money, including federal moneys received under the Temporary

Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program, for various public

assistance programs, including for child care subsidies under the Wisconsin Shares

program. This bill directs an additional $8,000,000 of TANF funding in fiscal year

2018-19 to be used to increase child care subsidies under the Wisconsin Shares

program across the state. Under the bill, the increase begins on January 1, 2019.

Under current law, DCF can increase the amount of a Wisconsin Shares child

care reimbursement rate for five-star rated facilities under DCF's child care quality

rating program by up to 25 percent, and for four-star rated facilities by up to 10

percent. This bill increases these bonuses so that DCF can increase the

reimbursement rate for five-star rated facilities by up to 30 percent and four-star

rated facilities by up to 15 percent beginning on January 1, 2019.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Ballweg (R) , Berceau (D) , Born (R) , C. Taylor (D) , Crowley (D) , Krug (R) , Novak (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Spiros (R) , Subeck (D) , Summerfield (R) , VanderMeer (R)

5 cosponsors

Darling (R) , Johnson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Testin and Vinehout

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0

Passed 16–0 Feb 14, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 96–1 Feb 15, 2018 official source full page

Aye · 96

Nay · 1

Not voting · 1

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 16, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 14

Passed 18–14 Feb 20, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: CONCURRENCE

Passed 29–3 Feb 20, 2018 official source full page

Nay · 3

Full history

  1. Feb 9, 2018 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Born, Rodriguez, Allen, Ballweg, Berceau, Crowley, Krug, Novak, Rohrkaste, Spiros, Subeck, Summerfield, C. Taylor and VanderMeer; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Johnson, Larson and L. Taylor

  2. Feb 9, 2018 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Joint Committee on Finance

  3. Feb 12, 2018 · Assembly

    LRB correction

  4. Feb 12, 2018 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Feb 12, 2018 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Senators Testin and Vinehout added as cosponsors

  7. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Joint Committee on Finance

  9. Feb 14, 2018 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0

  10. Feb 14, 2018 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up

  12. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  15. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 96, Noes 1

  16. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Feb 16, 2018 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  18. Feb 16, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  19. Feb 16, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  20. Feb 16, 2018 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  21. Feb 16, 2018 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-20-2018 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  22. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Erpenbach, Risser, Ringhand, Miller, Shilling, Bewley, L. Taylor and Johnson

  23. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a second time

  24. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 14

  25. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  27. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 29, Noes 3

  28. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  30. Feb 26, 2018 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 2-26-2018

  31. Apr 2, 2018 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2018

  32. Apr 4, 2018 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2018. 2017 Wisconsin Act 236

  33. Apr 4, 2018 · Assembly

    Published 4-4-2018