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Relating to the number of children receiving child care at any one time in a child care home
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 28, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 10, 2021
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 24, 2021
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 29, 202130–15
- Skipped: House committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 10, 202170–24
- Done: To the GovernorApril 12, 2021
- Done: Signed into lawApril 12, 2021
HF 260 became law → The same legislation passed as HF 260, so this version was set aside. Go to HF 260 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary People running child care in their homes can now watch up to six children at once if at least one of them is old enough for school. Under the current rules, they would have to register as a child development home if they watched more than five children. This change updates the rules for how these small home-based child care programs are defined and managed.1
Read the official explanation
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”.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 15, 2021. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Lobbying
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