SSB 5545 — Modifying provisions regarding family home providers overseen and certified by a federal military service.
Signed into law — Chapter 181, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Riccelli
- Introduced
- February 18, 2025
- Status
- C 181 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (April 29, 2025)
What this bill does
Exempts family home providers in the metropolitan area of a federal military reservation that are overseen and certified by a federal military service from Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) child care licensing requirements. Requires the DCYF to investigate all referrals of alleged child abuse or neglect occurring at these family home providers.
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Floor votes
- House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 10, 202595 yea · 0 nay · 3 not voting
- Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 3, 202549 yea · 0 nay
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