HR 1296 · in committee · significant
Expanding Child Care Access Act of 2025
- economy
What this bill does
- The bill creates a temporary seven-year tax credit of up to $5,000 for family child care providers to cover licensing, supplies, insurance, and equipment costs.
- Family child care providers who operate from their home and care for at least two unrelated children are eligible for this credit.
- The credit is claimed once per taxpayer and cannot be combined with other deductions or credits for the same expenses.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would a $5,000 tax credit affect the ability of home-based child care providers in your area to improve safety equipment or obtain required licensing?
- 02
What trade-offs might exist between providing tax credits to family child care providers versus other approaches to expanding affordable child care access?
- 03
Why does the bill limit the credit to a seven-year period rather than making it permanent, and what evidence supports this timeline?
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Sponsor · D-NJ-3
Herbert C. Conaway, Jr.
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
39/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-02-13
Joining the bill

Sylvia R. Garcia
D-TX-29 · original

Janelle S. Bynum
D-OR-5 · original

Nanette Diaz Barragán
D-CA-44 · original

Valerie P. Foushee
D-NC-4 · original

Salud O. Carbajal
D-CA-24 · original

Sean Casten
D-IL-6 · original

André Carson
D-IN-7 · original

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
D-FL-20 · original

Judy Chu
D-CA-28 · original

Julia Brownley
D-CA-26 · original

Maxwell Frost
D-FL-10 · original

Robert Garcia
D-CA-42 · original
+ 27 more
Legislative timeline
2025-02-13 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2025-02-13 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-02-13 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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