Eliminating child care licensing fees.

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S-0116.1

SENATE BILL 5130

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senators C. Wilson, Bateman, Chapman, Christian, Krishnadasan, Liias, Nobles, Saldaña, and Wellman

Prefiled 01/02/25. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

AN ACT Relating to eliminating child care licensing fees; and amending RCW 43.216.300 and 43.216.305 .

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

Sec. 1. RCW 43.216.300 and 2018 c 58 s 41 are each amended to read as follows:

(( (1) )) The secretary (( shall )) may not charge fees to the licensee for obtaining a child care license. (( The secretary may waive the fees when, in the discretion of the secretary, the fees would not be in the best interest of public health and safety, or when the fees would be to the financial disadvantage of the state.

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PASSAGE PROBABILITY

22.1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base Reported from Committee — base rate 42%, measured from WA's completed sessions
Momentum +2 59/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 273 days quiet

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