Child care.

Removed the requirement that children receiving child care from a school must be children of students or employees of that school

Added provision that granted waivers or variances expire three years after they become effective

Added requirement for division of family resources to establish a new organizational license category for multi-site child care centers by June 30, 2026

Changed effective date from July 1, 2025 to January 27, 2025 for certain provisions

Added exemption for educational programs with up to 10 students meeting in a single classroom under teacher supervision

Added exemption for child care programs serving employees of businesses with which schools have service contracts

Extended migrant child care exemption from 100 days to 120 consecutive days during a calendar year

Added new exemption for child care programs serving children enrolled in remote learning or learning recovery programs due to disaster emergencies

Added exemption for preschool programs operating in the same building as other exempt child care programs

Removed the requirement that children in school-based child care must be children of students or employees of the school

Updated formatting and printing code to reflect enrolled act status with proper legislative styling

Changed the statute reference from IC 12-17.2-1-1 to IC 12-17.2-2-8, Section 8, to align with current statutory definitions for child care homes.

Added new exemptions for child care programs operated by public or private schools serving students and employees, and for latch key programs under IC 20-26-5-2.

Added exemption for child care homes operating to serve migrant children.

Requires the division of family resources to establish an organizational license category for multi-site child care centers operating under one owner by June 30, 2026.

Provides grandfathering protections allowing certain properties to continue operating under existing building, fire safety, or equipment laws rather than complying with new requirements.

Updated effective date language to 'Upon passage; July 1, 2025' and added Senate sponsors to the bill header.