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H.B. 525: Child Care Pilot Program Amendments

2026 General Session · Originating chamber: House

Saved official records and Ledger coverage. The outcome below is from the Legislature’s own step list.

What the bill does

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026.

This bill creates the Child Care Employee Subsidy Pilot Program.

  • Defines terms
  • Creates the Child Care Employee Subsidy Pilot Program within the Office of Child Care
  • Creates the Child Care Center Employee Subsidy Restricted Account
  • Makes technical and conforming changes
  • Provides intent language that provides for funds appropriated to the Child Care Center Employee Subsidy Restricted Account be nonlapsing

The description and list come from the bill's own long title as recorded by the Legislature. Read the official bill. The Ledger takes no position on it.

Subjects: Economic Development · Child Care · Public Assistance · Department of Workforce Services · Workforce Services · Grant Programs and Incentives

How it moved

  1. · House1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
  2. · Housefiledfile for bills not passed

Steps as the Legislature recorded them; clerical and fiscal-staff entries are left out. Numbers such as 54-14-7 are yeas, nays and absent.

Fiscal note

From the Legislative Fiscal Analyst's note on 1st Sub. H.B. 525 (Buff), dated February 12, 2026. A fiscal note estimates direct costs and revenue; it is not an appropriation.

  • State revenue: New Account Created By Bill (FN Only), One-time Enactment of this legislation would increase revenues $3,000,000 one-time to the Child Care Center Employee Subsidy Restricted Account.
  • State expenditures: New Account Created By Bill (FN Only), One-time Enactment of this bill could cost the Department of Workforce Services $151,600 ongoing General Fund in FY 2027 for personnel costs to manage the pilot program, $3,000,000 one-time in FY 2027 for pass-through funds for the child care subsidy benefit, and $214,400 one-time in FY 2026 for system programming costs.
  • Local government: Enactment of this legislation likely will not result in direct, measurable costs for local governments.
  • Individuals and businesses: Enactment of this legislation likely will not result in direct expenditures from tax or fee changes for Utah residents and businesses.

Bill overview

Sponsor: Ashlee Matthews

Legislature passed-list status: Not available in the saved metadata.

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Latest recorded action

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The full step list is above. Find the bill in the official session list for status, hearings and committee records.

Recorded floor votes

No floor-vote records for this bill and session are available here. This does not mean no vote occurred; consult the official bill record.

Ledger coverage

No Ledger stories with an explicit source link to this bill and session are listed here.