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Sen. Strickland lays out multi-part childcare tax credit expansion; hearing opens for stakeholder input
Summary
Senate Bill 89 increases an existing refundable childcare tax credit, creates a new $250-per-child credit for younger children, and expands employer childcare credits; sponsor framed the bill as the first step to address childcare affordability and workforce impacts and invited stakeholders to testify.
Senator Strickland presented Senate Bill 89, a multi-part bill that modifies existing childcare tax credits and adds new credits intended to reduce childcare costs and encourage employers to provide childcare.
Strickland said the bill increases the existing refundable taxpayer credit tied to childcare expenses, creates a new $250 credit per non‑school‑age child (the sponsor used age 7 as a reference…
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