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HB 46                                                                                                                         
The Labor & Commerce Committee considered:                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 46                                                                                                           
    "An Act allowing child care providers that receive state aid to                                                             
    organize and collectively bargain with the Department of Health;                                                            
    and establishing the child care provider fund."                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 46(L&C)                                                                                               
    "An Act relating to education tax credits for certain payments and                                                          
    contributions for child care and child care facilities; relating to the                                                     
    insurance tax education credit, the income tax education credit, the                                                        
    oil or gas producer education credit, the property tax education                                                            
    credit, the mining business education credit, the fisheries business                                                        
    education credit, and the fisheries resource landing tax education                                                          
    credit; allowing child care providers that receive state aid to                                                             
    organize and collectively bargain with the Department of Health;                                                            

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    establishing the child care provider fund; providing for an                                                                 
    effective date by amending the effective date of secs. 1, 2, and 21,                                                        
    ch. 61, SLA 2014, as amended by sec. 40, ch. 101, SLA 2018; and                                                             
    providing for an effective date."                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Sumner, Chair, with the                                                                 
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (2):  Fields, Wright                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (2):  Prax, Ruffridge                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Amend (2):  Saddler, Sumner                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 46(L&C):                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1.  Fiscal, Dept. of Health                                                                                                     
2.  Fiscal, Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
HB 46 was referred to the Health & Social Services Committee.