l9n/ Mississippi

2024 Regular Session

House Bill 355

Child care; DHS shall transfer to CCDF the first $40 Million of unspent TANF funds from prior FY to be used for child care vouchers.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-17-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO TRANSFER TO THE CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND (CCDF) EACH FISCAL YEAR THE FIRST FORTY MILLION DOLLARS OF ANY UNSPENT, UNCOMMITTED TANF FUNDS REMAINING FROM THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR, TO BE USED FOR VOUCHERS TO PAY FOR CHILD CARE FOR QUALIFYING CHILDREN UNDER THE CHILD CARE PAYMENT PROGRAM (CCPP); AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

4 co-sponsors

John W. Hines, Sr., Robert L. Johnson III, Carl Mickens, Zakiya Summers

Its course

January 22 to March 5, 2024, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 22 to Mar 5 · stopped43 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 22 to Mar 5 · stopped43 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 22 – Mar 5

  1. Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published