HB 47 Florida House · 2025 Regular Session

Child Care and Early Learning Providers

Summary

Child Care and Early Learning Providers ; Provides exemption for public & private preschools from specified special assessments levied by municipality; defines "preschool"; revises licensing standards for all licensed child care facilities & minimum standards & training requirements for child care personnel; requires DCF to conduct specified screenings of child care personnel within specified timeframe & issue provisional approval of such personnel under certain conditions; revises minimum standards for sanitation & safety of child care facilities; removes provisions relating to educating parents & children about specified topics; removes provisions relating to specialized child care facilities for care of mildly ill children; requires county commission to annually affirm certain decisions; expands types of providers to be considered when developing & implementing plan to eliminate duplicative & unnecessary inspections; revises requirements for abbreviated inspection plan for certain child care facilities; removes provisions requiring family day care homes & large family child care homes to provide specified information to parents; removes provision requiring department to develop specified flyer; authorizes certain exempt child care facilities to submit application for licensure to department or local licensing agency.

Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2024

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Dec 12, 2024 Last action Apr 30, 2025

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What changed between versions

H 47 c2 → H 47 c3 · 3 edits

MINOR

This revision adds a third committee review stage (CS/CS/CS) to HB 47, reducing the total page count from 59 to 58 pages. The bill's substantive policy content remains unchanged, with only minor formatting adjustments to the header and page numbering.

TECHNICAL

Added third committee review designation (CS/CS/CS) to the bill header, indicating additional legislative processing steps.

Reduced page count from 59 to 58 pages through minor formatting adjustments.

Updated bill identifier from hb47-02-c2 to hb47-03-c3 to reflect the new committee review stage.

H 47 c1 → H 47 c2 · 10 edits

MAJOR

This bill significantly expanded from 17 to 59 pages by adding comprehensive provisions for family child care homes, including new exemptions from immunization record requirements, removal of media campaign mandates, and protections for residential property insurance coverage. The changes affect licensing standards, inspection requirements, and multiple Florida statutes related to child care facilities.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from primarily amending child care facility exemptions and special assessment provisions to include extensive new provisions protecting family child care homes from insurance restrictions and removing various departmental requirements.

REQUIREMENT

Added new provisions amending s. 402.313 to remove requirements for family child care homes to provide annual immunization records to the department

Added provisions removing requirements for the department to institute media campaigns and develop flyers for family child care homes

Added provisions removing requirements for family child care homes to provide specified information to parents

Added provisions amending s. 402.3131 to remove requirements for the department to provide brochures about large family child care homes

Added provisions amending s. 402.316 to provide exemptions for certain child care facilities from specified requirements

DEFINITION

Added provisions amending s. 627.70161 to define the term 'large family child care home'

ENFORCEMENT

Added provisions prohibiting residential property insurance policies from denying coverage for large family child care homes

Added provisions prohibiting insurers from canceling or refusing to renew policies solely because the policyholder operates a large family child care home

SCOPE

Added extensive amendments to multiple statutes including ss. 39.202, 125.0109, 166.0445, 212.08, and various child care licensing statutes

TECHNICAL

Modified bill identifier from 'CS/HB 47' to 'CS/CS/HB 47' indicating a committee substitute version

Floor votes · House Apr 7, 2025

How they voted

24–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 26

Apr 7, 2025

D Democratic7

5 Yea 2

71% Yea

R Republican19

19 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 9, 2025

Committee

Bill referred to House Calendar

lower

Apr 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Apr 7, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (24-0-2)

house

Apr 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda

lower

Mar 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Mar 28, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Health Care Budget Subcommittee

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Health Care Budget Subcommittee(Amended)

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Health Care Budget Subcommittee agenda

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Health Care Budget Subcommittee

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Human Services Subcommittee

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Human Services Subcommittee

lower

Feb 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Human Services Subcommittee agenda

lower

Jan 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Human Services Subcommittee

lower

Jan 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Jan 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee

lower

Jan 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Human Services Subcommittee

lower

1 primary · 4 co-sponsors