Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah SB248: Child Care Expansion Act
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill enacts the Employer-Based, State-Assisted Child Care Capacity Expansion Program to expand available high quality child care in the state.
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 4, 2026:
0 Child Care Expansion Act 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Luz Escamilla House Sponsor: LONG TITLE General Description: This bill enacts the Employer-Based, State-Assisted Child Care Capacity Expansion Program to expand available high quality child care in the state. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines terms; - describes the purpose of the Employer-Based, State-Assisted Child Care Capacity Expansion Program (program); - requires coordination between the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity and certain other state agencies to implement certain provisions of the program; - permits the Division of Facilities and Construction Management (DFCM) to enter into leases with certain employers for an expanded child care facility; - provides for provisions for certain employers who lease a facility from DFCM to enter into a contract with a certain child care provider for child care; - requires DFCM to be responsible for operations and maintenance of an expanded child care facility; - provides for rulemaking authority under certain circumstances; - provides for limitations on state liability regarding operations of a child care opportunity facility; - creates the Child Care Capacity Expansion Restricted Account to receive certain funds and lease payments, which funds shall be nonlapsing and used: - for certain purposes to implement the provisions of the program; and - by DFCM for payment of operations and maintenance costs associated …
Sponsors
- Escamilla, Luz (D, 10) · primary sponsor
- Loubet, Anthony E. (R, 27)
Latest actions
- : Senate/ filed
- : Senate/ strike enacting clause
- : House/ to Senate
- : House/ failed
- : House/ 3rd reading
- : House/ 2nd reading
- : House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- : House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- : House/ committee report favorable
- : House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Votes
- House/ failed (March 4, 2026): 25 yea, 47 nay, failed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (March 3, 2026): 5 yea, 3 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading (February 25, 2026): 17 yea, 9 nay, passed
- Senate/ failed (February 25, 2026): 13 yea, 9 nay, failed
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading (February 24, 2026): 19 yea, 4 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 13, 2026): 4 yea, 1 nay, passed
Subjects: Government Operations (State Issues), Department of Government Operations, Facilities, Construction, and Management, Child Care, Economic Development, Department of Workforce Services, Workforce Services, Grant Programs and Incentives
Common questions
- What is SB248?
- SB248 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Child Care Expansion Act.
- What does SB248 do?
- This bill enacts the Employer-Based, State-Assisted Child Care Capacity Expansion Program to expand available high quality child care in the state.
- What is the status of SB248?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: Senate/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB248?
- Escamilla, Luz (D, 10), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB248?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0248.html
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