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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky HB 328 revises child-care center licensing standards, inspection protocols, and training requirements
Last action · January 20, 2026: to Families & Children (H)Sponsors: Nick Wilson and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Kentucky HB 328 modifies child-care center licensing, inspection procedures, and training requirements, establishing an informal dispute resolution process for deficiencies, prohibiting , and setting exemptions for certain short-term educational or recreational programs.
Child-care operators face updated timelines for correcting inspection deficiencies and new dispute resolution options, while certain part-time instructional and recreational programs become exempt from licensing requirements.
- The measure is a legislative bill introduced during the 2026 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly relating to child-care centers. context
Who It Would Have Affected
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child-care centers
Child-care centers must comply with updated licensing, inspection, deficiency correction timelines, staff training mandates, and restrictions on disciplinary practices.
child-care center employees
Employees must complete mandatory orientation, annual child development training, and submit to criminal record checks.
parents and guardians
Parents gain access to the past three years of inspection reports on the cabinet's website and are informed of licensing statuses for participating programs.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Jan 20, 2026HouseCommitteeto Families & Children (H)
- Jan 12, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
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Codification of Unannounced Inspections and Informal Dispute Processes
The bill codifies mandatory unannounced inspections and establishes an explicit informal dispute resolution process with record expungement provisions for prevailing providers.
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apps.legislature.ky.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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