Child Care Protection Improvement Act of 2020
Public Law 116-279 · S. 2683 · 116th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Donald Trump (R) on Dec 31, 2020 · Families
Sponsor: Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
Cosponsors (5): Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Sen. Johnny Isakson,
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Child Care Protection Improvement Act of 2020
This bill establishes an interagency task force, chaired by the Administration for Children and Families, to support states in conducting required criminal background checks for childcare staff members. Specifically, the task force must consult with relevant state agencies and develop recommendations and best practices. This includes evaluating how agencies are responding to interstate requests for information about staff, or prospective staff, who have lived in another state within the preceding five years. The task force must submit a final report with its recommendations within one year of the first meeting of the task force.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
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Related bills
2 bills the Library of Congress relates to this one.
H.R. 3986Related bill
Child Care Protection Improvement Act of 2019
S. 1408Related bill
Child Care Protection Improvement Act of 2019
Data notes
Related bills are identified by the Congressional Research Service, the House and the Senate: companion and identical bills, bills with similar text, bills that were folded into this law, and rules that brought it to the floor. A bill that is itself a public law in this site’s data links here; the others link to Congress.gov.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 23 actions.
- Dec 31, 2020Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 116-279.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Dec 21, 2020FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Dec 20, 2020FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 19, 2020Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to the House amendment to S. 2683 by Voice Vote.
- OtherOther · Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to S. 2683 by Voice Vote.
- Sep 17, 2020FloorFloor · Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
- Sep 16, 2020FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 2683.
- FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
- FloorFloor · Mrs. McBath moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Mar 9, 2020FloorFloor · Received in the House.
- FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- Mar 5, 2020FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.
- FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
- Dec 17, 2019CalendarCalendar · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 370.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Dec 12, 2019CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Oct 23, 2019CommitteeCommittee · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in Senate
Data notes
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Amendments
1 amendment offered to the bill, with the last recorded step of each.
- Agreed to
S.Amdt. 1522SenateSen. Lamar AlexanderR-TN· offered Mar 5, 2020Agreed to
In the nature of a substitute.
Mar 5, 2020: Amendment SA 1522 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Data notes
Amendments offered to this bill in either chamber, as the Library of Congress records them: each with a status read from its last recorded step: agreed to, rejected, withdrawn, ruled out of order, fell with another amendment, or offered with no vote recorded (most Senate amendments are only ever offered). The wording of each amendment is the source’s. Amendments to amendments and amendments to other bills are not listed.
Official record
The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.