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MichiganHB 60432025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Children: child care; Tri-Share child care program and fund and CareShare arrangement; establish. Amends 1973 PA 116 (MCL 722.111 - 722.128) by adding secs. 6b & 6c.Last Action: assigned PA 33'26 with immediate effect

Sponsored By: Greg VanWoerkom (Republican)

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Children: child care

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Tri-Share child care help for families

Michigan establishes Tri-Share, continuing its child care pilot, with eligibility rules set by the Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential. Employers join voluntarily and pay at least one-third of qualified child care costs, up to the full cost. A new state fund supports program operations and child care facilitator hubs, but spending requires an appropriation; no amount is specified. The fund can accept outside money and assets, keeps investment earnings, and carries unused money into future budget years. Hubs established on or after October 1, 2026, must be nonprofits, LLCs, C-corporations, S-corporations, or sole proprietors. The act specifies July 22, 2026, as its effective date and includes an immediate-effect directive.

CareShare protects workers from unfair treatment

Employers must offer CareShare uniformly to eligible employees, except where state or federal law requires otherwise. They cannot limit access based on union membership, collective bargaining status, seniority, hours worked, or other uneven criteria. Employers cannot retaliate against workers for requesting or using CareShare, including through firing, discipline, or refusal to hire. Workers have 180 days after a violation to complain to the department. After notice and a chance to respond, the department can order remedies, including reinstatement and back wages, and fines up to $1,000 per violation. Final orders can be reviewed in court under the Administrative Procedures Act.

CareShare helps families without state subsidies

CareShare is voluntary: employers pay at least one-third of qualified child care expenses, and employees pay the rest. Employers wait-listed for Tri-Share because of funding limits can use CareShare while they remain wait-listed, with the same administrative requirements. Before CareShare starts, the department must provide a process to check employees' eligibility for existing state child care subsidies. Employers must notify employees and obtain confirmation from the employee or department before payments begin. CareShare receives no state subsidy, cannot be combined with one, and does not expand the state's subsidy obligations. The department administers CareShare and must set rules for consistent records and reporting. It must publicly report annually to the governor and relevant legislative committee chairs on both programs' employer, employee, child, and provider participation, average contributions, and administrative costs.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Greg VanWoerkom

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 217 • No: 32

House vote • 7/3/2026

roll call

Yes: 99 • No: 9 • Other: 2

Senate vote • 7/3/2026

PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT

Yes: 23 • No: 13 • Other: 2

House vote • 6/25/2026

passed; given immediate effect

Yes: 95 • No: 10 • Other: 5

Actions Timeline

  1. assigned PA 33'26 with immediate effect

    7/29/2026House

  2. filed with Secretary of State 07/22/2026 10:30 AM

    7/29/2026House

  3. approved by the Governor 07/21/2026 02:42 PM

    7/29/2026House

  4. presented to the Governor 07/14/2026 12:22 PM

    7/14/2026House

  5. bill ordered enrolled

    7/3/2026House

  6. roll call Roll Call #318 Yeas 99 Nays 9 Excused 0 Not Voting 2

    7/3/2026House

  7. Senate substitute (S-1) concurred in

    7/3/2026

  8. rule suspended

    7/3/2026House

  9. laid over one day under the rules

    7/3/2026House

  10. returned from Senate with substitute (S-1) with immediate effect

    7/3/2026House

  11. INSERTED FULL TITLE

    7/3/2026Senate

  12. PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 184 YEAS 23 NAYS 13 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0

    7/3/2026Senate

  13. AMENDMENT(S) WITHDRAWN

    7/3/2026Senate

  14. PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE

    7/2/2026Senate

  15. RULES SUSPENDED

    7/2/2026Senate

  16. PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1)

    7/2/2026Senate

  17. SUBSTITUTE (S-1) CONCURRED IN

    7/2/2026Senate

  18. REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1)

    7/2/2026Senate

  19. RULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION

    7/2/2026Senate

  20. PLACED ON ORDER OF GENERAL ORDERS

    7/2/2026Senate

  21. DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED

    7/2/2026Senate

  22. REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES

    7/1/2026Senate

  23. PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

    7/1/2026House

  24. transmitted

    6/25/2026House

  25. passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #279 Yeas 95 Nays 10 Excused 0 Not Voting 5

    6/25/2026House

Bill Text

  • Public Act

    7/21/2026

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  • As Passed by the House

    7/3/2026

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  • As Passed by the Senate

    7/3/2026

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  • House Concurred

    7/3/2026

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  • Introduced

    6/4/2026

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