E2SHB 1648 — Modifying child care provider qualifications.

What this bill does

Requires the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) to implement the community-based pathway by August 1, 2025, and to make it available in an online format. Extends the timeline for child care providers to complete staff qualification requirements to at least August 1, 2035, or until at least 10 years following the full implementation of all components of the community-based training pathway, whichever is later. Allows child care providers who are hired for the first time after August 1, 2033, a minimum of 10 years from the date of hire to meet the requisite staff qualification requirements. Provides that a cumulative three years of work experience in licensed child care qualifies as a demonstration of experience-based competency in fulfillment of staff qualification requirements, and prohibits the DCYF from requiring providers to have completed annual in-service trainings in order to demonstrate experience-based competency.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 6, 2025
  97 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
• House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 22, 2025
  96 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 8, 2025
  48 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting

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