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IN HB1026

Bill

Status

Introduced

12/1/2025

Primary Sponsor

Gregory Porter

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Restricts all appropriations from Indiana's Financial Responsibility and Opportunity Growth Fund exclusively to the Child Care and Development Fund voucher program and On My Way Pre-K programmatic funding

  • Repeals previously authorized uses of the fund for Department of Correction facility operations, Medicaid assistance through FSSA, and Department of Child Services family and children fund appropriations

  • Requires agencies that already received distributions for the repealed purposes to return those funds to the state comptroller for reallocation to child care programs

  • Takes effect retroactively to July 1, 2025 and expires July 1, 2027, covering the current state budget biennium

  • Declared an emergency measure, allowing immediate implementation upon passage

Legislative Description

Child care funding.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means

12/1/2025

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means12/1/2025

Full Bill Text

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