CHILD CARE LICENSING – Adds to existing law to provide for department oversight for residential care facilities, licensing requirements, facility documentation requirements, and the youth bill of rights.

Reported Signed by Governor on March 26, 2026 Session Law Chapter 139 Effective: 07/01/2026

Delivered to Governor at 1:52 p.m. on March 20, 2026

Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor

Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate

Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker

Signed by President; returned to House

Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling

Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-3-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, WoodwardNAYS – Hart, Zito, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - RabeTitle apvd - to House

Retained on calendar

Read second time; filed for Third Reading

Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading

Received from the House passed; filed for first reading

Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare

Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 42-25-3AYES – Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Cannon, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Haws(Woller), Healey, Manwaring, Mathias, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shirts, Tanner(13), Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Alfieri, Barbieri, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cayler, Crane(13), Ehlers, Harris, Hawkins, Hill(Brown), Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mendive, Monks, Palmer, Price, Rasor, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner(14), Thompson, WisniewskiAbsent – Crane(12), McCann, WheelerFloor Sponsor - EricksonTitle apvd - to Senate

Read second time; Filed for Third Reading

Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading

Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare

Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing