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Committee hears broad support for HB 3560A to permit childcare by right in residential zones and with community institutions
Summary
Representatives, parents and advocacy groups told the Senate committee that House Bill 3560A would reduce zoning barriers that prevent childcare centers from locating near families and workplaces. Testimony described long, costly conditional-use processes and urged the bill as a practical step to expand childcare access.
The Senate Committee on Early Childhood and Behavioral Health held a lengthy public hearing on House Bill 3560A, a proposal to require local governments to permit childcare centers in many residential and mixed-use zones and to allow centers to colocate with community institutions such as churches and community centers.
Representative Pam Marsh, the bill sponsor, told the committee HB 3560A would remove siting barriers that keep child care facilities out of neighborhoods. "Child care centers should be part of the fabric of every neighborhood where families live and work," Marsh said, citing a 2021 figure that 69 percent of Oregon children under age 6 have all…
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