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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah creates child care employee subsidy pilot program and appropriates $3 million
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsor: Ashlee Matthews
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill establishes the Child Care Center Employee Subsidy Pilot Program within the Office of Child Care, beginning July 1, 2026, subject to legislative s. It creates a dedicated restricted account and appropriates $3,000,000 in one-time general funds for 2027 to provide child care subsidies to eligible child care center employees.
Child care facility employees whose children do not qualify for standard low-income child care subsidies can receive tuition reduction benefits through participating employers, backed by a $3 million state .
- State legislatures frequently use restricted accounts and pilot programs to address targeted workforce shortages in critical sectors such as child care. context
Who It Would Have Affected
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Child care center employees
Employees working at eligible child care centers may receive reduced tuition employee benefits and child care subsidies for qualifying children.
Center based child care providers
Eligible employers may receive subsidy awards for qualifying children if they provide reduced tuition employee benefits and accept standard child care subsidy services.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
15 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ strike enacting clause
- Feb 12, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0525S01
- Feb 11, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Feb 11, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0525
- Feb 11, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0525S01
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- Feb 11, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0525
- Feb 10, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0525S01
- Feb 10, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0525S01
- Feb 9, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Feb 9, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Feb 9, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0525
- Feb 9, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0525
- Feb 9, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Feb 9, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
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Creation of Dedicated Child Care Employee Subsidy
The legislation establishes a new mechanism specifically targeting child care center workers whose children exceed traditional low-income subsidy thresholds.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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