Committee adopts amendment that sets $500 childcare credit in Senate Bill 2282

A joint Senate–House conference committee voted to adopt an amendment that replaces a percentage-based childcare credit with a flat $500 amount in Senate Bill 2282 and moved the bill forward as amended.

The amendment, identified in committee as amendment 10004, removes the separate definition of "aggregate childcare contribution" and refers directly to the statutory provision that creates the credit. "It just basically eliminates the definition of the aggregate childcare contribution and just brings that forward to the actual, part in code, that gives the credit. And so it's just saying that it is the amount of $500 instead of doing a percentage based, basically," Representative Faust said during discussion.

Committee members first voted to reconsider an action on the bill before taking up amendment 10004. Representative Fosse moved to reconsider and Representative Doctor seconded; the motion passed on a roll call. The committee then voted to adopt amendment 10004 after Representative Fosse moved adoption and a senator seconded. Following adoption of the amendment, a member moved to advance the bill as amended; that motion was seconded and passed on roll call.

Roll-call results announced in the transcript recorded a series of affirmative votes by committee members, including the chair and both Senate and House members. The roll calls in the record showed unanimous support on the motions called: the motions to reconsider, to adopt amendment 10004, and to move the bill forward were recorded as passing with all voting members saying "yes." The transcript did not list any "no" votes or abstentions in the recorded roll calls.

The transcript does not specify next steps for Senate Bill 2282 beyond the committee moving the bill forward. No fiscal note, committee report, or implementation timeline was stated on the record.