Cutting Red Tape on Child Care Providers Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3]
Introduced
Summary
Allows simple preparation of fresh fruits and vegetables in licensed and legally exempt child care. The Cutting Red Tape on Child Care Providers Act of 2025 would define "simple food preparation" as washing, peeling, cutting, and serving raw or minimally processed produce. It would bar states from creating barriers to those practices for facilities that are licensed or licensed exempt under the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG).
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- Children and families: Makes it easier for children, including those in low-income and rural households who rely on home- and family-based care, to receive minimally processed fruits and vegetables during care.
- Child care providers: Licensed and legally exempt providers receiving CCDBG funds would be allowed to wash, peel, cut, and serve fresh produce without state-imposed barriers to those basic steps.
- State regulators: States would be prohibited from creating rules or restrictions that prevent simple preparation of fresh fruits and vegetables in these child care settings.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
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Easier fresh food prep in child care
If enacted, states would be barred from creating barriers to simple food prep at licensed or license-exempt child care sites. Simple prep would mean washing, peeling, cutting, and serving raw or minimally processed fruits and vegetables. Providers could more easily serve fresh produce to kids. The bill does not set an effective date or add funding.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3]
WA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
NC • R
Sponsored 3/5/2025
Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40]
CA • R
Sponsored 3/5/2025
Gray
CA • D
Sponsored 3/5/2025
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
NJ • D
Sponsored 3/18/2025
Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3]
IA • R
Sponsored 4/17/2025
Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]
ME • D
Sponsored 5/9/2025
Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
CA • D
Sponsored 5/9/2025
Bresnahan
PA • R
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Roll Call Votes
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