S 9049 — Authorizes the office of children and family services to grant temporary, limited flexibility in staff-to-child ratios and group size requirements during documented workforce shortages
Congress · introduced 2026-01-27
Authorizes the office of children and family services to grant temporary, limited flexibility in staff-to-child ratios and group size requirements during documented workforce shortages; requires regulations for child day care centers apply to children under eighteen months of age; defines persons who may qualify to watch children during documented workforce shortages.
Latest action: 2026-01-27 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Robert Rolison (—, NY-39) — sponsor · 2026-01-27
- Pamela Helming (—, NY-54) — cosponsor · 2026-01-27
- Peter Oberacker (—, NY-51) — cosponsor · 2026-01-27
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
- · senate — NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED
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Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | Peter Oberacker | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-27 | Pamela Helming | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-27 | Robert Rolison | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Rolison (—, state_upper NY-39) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Pamela Helming (—, state_upper NY-54) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Peter Oberacker (—, state_upper NY-51) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-01-27 · cosponsored by Peter Oberacker (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-27 · cosponsored by Pamela Helming (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-27 · sponsored by Robert Rolison (sponsor) · sponsorship