Concerning qualifications for child care providers.

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H-0253.2

HOUSE BILL 1082

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Representatives Senn, Eslick, Leavitt, Richards, Berry, Reed, Shavers, Callan, Cortes, Tharinger, Peterson, Wylie, Fey, Nance, Lekanoff, Bergquist, Reeves, and Bernbaum

Prefiled 12/16/24. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee on Early Learning & Human Services.

AN ACT Relating to qualifications for child care providers; adding a new section to chapter 43.216 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 43.216 RCW to read as follows:

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the department shall allow licensed child care providers until at least August 1, 2028, to demonstrate experience-based competency as an alternative means to comply with child care licensing rules that require a provider to hold an early childhood education initial, short, or state certificate, when the provider has all of the following documented in the department's electronic workforce registry:

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PASSAGE PROBABILITY

17.9% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base In Committee — base rate 41%, measured from WA's completed sessions
Momentum -1 46/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 273 days quiet

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