Introduced
by
To require licensed child care and day care facilities to provide criminal background checks on the owners and managers as a condition of licensure, and to perform background checks on current and prospective employees and certain contract workers. Also, to require a day care or child care employee charged with certain sex crimes or crimes of violence to report that to his or her employer.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To also require child care and day care centers to perform backgroung checks on all existing employees within one year of the bill's effective date, not just new hires. Also, to require that they "expunge" the record of an employee who reports that he has been charged with one of the listed crimes, but is later acquitted.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To correct a drafting error in the language of the bill.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To require the day care or child care center to pay for the background checks.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 105 to 1 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Families and Human Services
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 36 to 0 (details)
To require licensed child care and day care facilities to provide criminal background checks on the owners and managers as a condition of licensure, and to perform background checks on current and prospective employees and certain contract workers. Also, to require a day care or child care employee charged with certain sex crimes or crimes of violence to report that to his or her employer.
Passed in the House 106 to 1 (details)
