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Bill CHILD CARE ACT REQUIREMENTS Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that a day care home or group day care home may be exempt from licensure (rather than is not required to be licensed) if it serves dependent children of military personnel, is located on a military base or federal or government property, and is certified as a child development program by a branch of the U.S. Effective immediately. us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 104th HB 3444 Illinois HB 3444 (104th)
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Illinois HB 3444 (104th) — CHILD CARE ACT REQUIREMENTS

Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that a day care home or group day care home may be exempt from licensure (rather than is not required to be licensed) if it serves dependent children of military personnel, is located on a military base or federal or government property, and is certified as a child development program by a branch of the U.S. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Health and Human Services — 80 (pass) · upper
  • Third Reading — 1130 (pass) · lower
  • Child Care Access & Early Childhood — 140 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 580 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Christopher Belt — primary (person)
  • Harry Benton — primary (person)
  • Brandun Schweizer — cosponsor (person)
  • Dan Swanson — cosponsor (person)
  • Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
  • Jay Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
  • Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
  • Kevin Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
  • Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2025-02-07 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Harry Benton filing
  • 2025-02-18 First Reading reading-1
  • 2025-02-18 Referred to Rules Committee
  • 2025-03-11 Assigned to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education referral-committee
  • 2025-03-20 Do Pass / Short Debate Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education; 014-000-000
  • 2025-03-20 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2025-03-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2025-03-26 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2025-04-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
  • 2025-04-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandun Schweizer
  • 2025-04-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
  • 2025-04-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Swanson
  • 2025-04-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2025-04-09 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 passage, reading-3
  • 2025-04-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt
  • 2025-04-10 Arrive in Senate introduction
  • 2025-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
  • 2025-04-10 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
  • 2025-04-10 First Reading reading-1
  • 2025-04-10 Referred to Assignments
  • 2025-04-21 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Christopher Belt
  • 2025-04-23 Assigned to Health and Human Services referral-committee
  • 2025-04-30 Do Pass Health and Human Services; 008-000-000
  • 2025-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2025 reading-2
  • 2025-05-01 Second Reading reading-2
  • 2025-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 6, 2025
  • 2025-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
  • 2025-05-22 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
  • 2025-05-22 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
  • 2025-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 passage, reading-3
  • 2025-05-22 Passed Both Houses
  • 2025-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
  • 2025-08-15 Effective Date August 15, 2025
  • 2025-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0308 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/afbfb00b-c965-421d-9613-6fc9230e0baa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).