Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma HB4199: Workforce; creating the child care Tri-Share Workforce Pilot Program; stating eligibility criteria; requiring certain reports; effective date.
Status: In committee, April 16, 2026
What the bill says
From the engrossed text, March 30, 2026:
ENGR OSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 4199 By: Schreiber of the House and Gollihare of the Senate [ workforce - Oklahoma Department of Commerce - pilot program - financial eligibility - annual reports - codification - effective date ] BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 28.4 of Title 56, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. The Legislature finds and declares that a Tri-Share Workforce Pilot Program which allows participating employers, employees, and the state to share equal responsibility for child care of dependent children from birth to eight (8) years of age by the state matching the employer's contribution each up to one-third (1/3) of the total cost with the parent paying the remaining cost, to assist parents and caretakers to participate in the workforce. B. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall develop and implement a three-year Tri-Share Workforce Pilot Program during the ENGR. H. B. NO. 4199 Page fisc al year beginning July 1, 2026, testing the feasibility of participating employers and the access to employees to high-quality, affordable child care. The Tri-Share Workforce Pilot Program shall consist of two urban and two rural counties. The Department shall select counties based …
Sponsors
- Mickey Dollens (D, HD-093)
- Suzanne Schreiber (D, HD-070) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Coauthored by Representative Dollens
- : Referred to Appropriations
- : Reported Do Pass as amended Health and Human Services committee; CR filed
- : Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Committee then to Appropriations Committee
- : First Reading
- : Engrossed, signed, to Senate
- : Referred for engrossment
- : Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 58 Nays: 33
- : Title stricken
- : Amended
Votes
- Senate Health & Human Services Committee (April 13, 2026): 9 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Third Reading (March 26, 2026): 58 yea, 33 nay, passed
- Floor Vote (March 4, 2026): 18 yea, 5 nay, passed
- Floor Vote (February 9, 2026): 4 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Business and Labor, Human Services Department
Common questions
- What is HB4199?
- HB4199 is a bill in the Oklahoma Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Workforce; creating the child care Tri-Share Workforce Pilot Program; stating eligibility criteria; requiring certain reports; effective date.
- What is the status of HB4199?
- In committee as of April 16, 2026. Latest action: Coauthored by Representative Dollens (April 16, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB4199?
- Suzanne Schreiber (D, HD-070), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB4199?
- On the Oklahoma Legislature website: https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB4199&Session=2600
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