H.R. 1296 · 119th Congress

Expanding Child Care Access Act of 2025

Introduced on Feb 13, 2025 by Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ-3). 39 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Feb 13, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Feb 13, 2025
Cosponsors
39
0 from the other party
Policy area
Taxation
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a refundable credit for qualified child care startup expenses.

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Feb 13, 2025). Public domain.

Expanding Child Care Access Act of 2025

This bill establishes a temporary (for seven years) refundable tax credit for certain expenses incurred to establish and operate a qualified family child care provider. (Conditions and limitations apply.)

Under the bill, a qualified family child care provider is a child care provider that

  • provides child care services at the taxpayer's primary residence for at least two children (other than the children of such taxpayer) for a significant portion of the tax year,
  • receives compensation for such child care services, and
  • is licensed or registered to provide such child care services by the state in which such services are provided.

The bill allows a taxpayer that operates a qualified family child care provider to claim a tax credit of up to $5,000 for

  • child care licensing fees;
  • child care supplies (e.g., diapers, food, toys, and learning materials);
  • liability insurance;
  • fencing (including installation costs);
  • outdoor playground equipment (including installation costs);
  • furniture necessary to provide child care;
  • the salary of an employee (other than the taxpayer);
  • printers and computers;
  • professional training required by the state for licensing or registration; and
  • remediation or renovation of a primary residence to meet state licensing or registration requirements.

The tax credit may only be claimed once and may not be claimed for expenses for which another tax deduction or tax credit is allowed.

Finally, the bill requires the Internal Revenue Service to issue guidance on the tax credit, including guidance related to information reporting requirements.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Herbert C. Conaway, Jr.D-NJ-3Sponsor

Democrats · 39

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Feb 13, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Feb 13, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Feb 13, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. ZERO TO THREE: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families4 reports
    $289.1K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ZERO TO THREE NATIONAL CENTER FOR INFANTS, TODDLERS & FAMILIESAI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.