Relating to the number of children receiving child care at any one time in a child care home

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedJanuary 12, 2021
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   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 12, 2021
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   Done: House committeeJanuary 28, 2021
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   Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 10, 202170–24
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   Done: Senate committeeFebruary 24, 2021
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   Done: Passes the SenateMarch 29, 202130–15
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   Done: To the GovernorApril 12, 2021
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   Done: Signed into lawApril 12, 2021

Signed into law What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to the number of children receiving child care at any one time in a child care home. The bill allows a person or program providing child care in a child care home to care for five or fewer children or six or fewer children if at least one of the children is school-aged. Current law requires a child care home to register as a child development home if the child care home provides child care to more than five children at any one time. The bill makes conforming Code changes including a change to the definition of “child development home”.

Full bill text · What changed before it passed¹

Senate subcommittee

Named February 15, 2021. On February 16, 2021 it recommended passage.

• Sen. Mark S. Lofgren REmail
• Sen. Craig Johnson REmail
• Sen. Liz Mathis D

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