Permits up to 10 children to be cared for by a registered family day care provider.
This bill increases the maximum number of children a registered family day care provider may care for from five to ten at one time. It directly affects family day care providers who operate from their homes and are registered under New Jersey's Family Day Care Provider Registration Act. The key mechanism is amending the definition of "family day care home" to allow up to ten children, while requiring providers caring for more than five children to have at least one additional trained person present. This change updates existing registration rules without altering other licensing requirements for these providers.
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Jan 2026
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Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Jan 13, 2026
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Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee
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2 primary · 2 co-sponsors
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Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Andrew Macurdy
DDemocratic
P
Gary Schaer
DDemocratic
Co
Marisa Sweeney
DDemocratic
Co
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
DDemocratic
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