Senate2025-26 sessionFiscal note
SSB 5655 — Concerning child care centers operated in existing buildings.
Signed into law — Chapter 150, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Krishnadasan
- Introduced
- February 18, 2025
- Status
- C 150 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (April 22, 2025)
What this bill does
Requires, when a child care center is operated in a dedicated space within an existing building that has more than one use, that the occupancy load calculation is based only on the areas of the building used for child care.
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Floor votes
- House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 9, 202598 yea · 0 nay
- Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 25, 202549 yea · 0 nay
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