Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H845: Employee Child Care Assistance Programs Study
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Requires OPPAGA, beginning on specified date, to perform study of public & private employee child care assistance programs; provides requirements for study; requires office to submit certain report to Governor & Legislature by specified date; provides for future repeal of study.
What the bill says
An act relating to employee child care assistance programs study; creating s. 402.3216, F.S.; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, beginning on a specified date, to perform a study of public and private employee child care assistance programs; providing requirements for the study; requiring the office to submit a certain report to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; providing for future repeal of the study; providing an effective date.
From the introduced text, December 19, 2025:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to employee child care assistance programs study; creating s. 402.3216, F.S.; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, beginning on a specified date, to perform a study of public and private employee child care assistance programs; providing requirements for the study; requiring the office to submit a certain report to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; providing for future repeal of the study; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 402.3216, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 402.3216 Child Care Cost and Affordability Study.-- (1) Beginning July 1, 2026, the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) shall perform a study of public and private child care assistance programs for employees to evaluate the costs and affordability of the programs and effects on school readiness. The study's scope must include, but need not be limited to, all of the following: (a) The characteristics of other states' programs. (b) The potential benefits of a Florida program. words underlined are additions. hb845-00 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES HB 845 2026 (c) The potential effects of a Florida program on: 1. The state's school readiness program. 2. The state's child care workforce. 3. Childcare regulation and licensing. (2) In conducting the …
Sponsors
- Nixon, Angie (D, HD-013) · primary sponsor
- Nixon (D, 13) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Student Academic Success Subcommittee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Now in Student Academic Success Subcommittee
- : Referred to Education & Employment Committee
- : Referred to Human Services Subcommittee
- : Referred to Student Academic Success Subcommittee
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H845?
- H845 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Employee Child Care Assistance Programs Study.
- What does H845 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to employee child care assistance programs study; creating s. 402.3216, F.S.; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, beginning on a specified date, to perform a study of public and private employee child care assistance programs; providing requirements for the study; requiring the office to submit a certain report to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; providing for future repeal of the study; providing an effective date.
- What is the status of H845?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Student Academic Success Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H845?
- Nixon, Angie (D, HD-013), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H845?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/845
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