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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Child care provider notice."
+description: "Allows the division of family resources (division) to send certain notices to: (1) an applicant for licensure as a child care center, licensure as a child care home, or registration as a child care ministry; and (2) a licensed child care center, a licensed child care home, and a registered child care ministry; by electronic mail instead of by certified mail. Requires: (1) an applicant for licensure as a child care center, licensure as a child care home, or registration as a child care ministry to provide a current and valid electronic mail address to the division in the application; and (2) a licensed child care center, a licensed child care home, and a registered child care ministry to maintain the provided electronic mail address for the duration of the licensure or registration."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1247"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1247 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Child Care Programs", "CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Department of Child Services", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "Telephone", "Television", "Radio", "and Internet"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ann Vermilion", "Jon Ford", "Michael Young"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-14"
+last_action: "2021-04-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c839abe2-f5ce-4f9e-a065-c1f0cd50fb4c"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1247"
+source_hash: "24625c3fd47468b906a53aa1d06891488b053a926e724c65cdf700890197b6ee"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
+---
+
+# Indiana HB 1247 (2021) — Child care provider notice.
+
+Allows the division of family resources (division) to send certain notices to: (1) an applicant for licensure as a child care center, licensure as a child care home, or registration as a child care ministry; and (2) a licensed child care center, a licensed child care home, and a registered child care ministry; by electronic mail instead of by certified mail. Requires: (1) an applicant for licensure as a child care center, licensure as a child care home, or registration as a child care ministry to provide a current and valid electronic mail address to the division in the application; and (2) a licensed child care center, a licensed child care home, and a registered child care ministry to maintain the provided electronic mail address for the duration of the licensure or registration.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1247/versions/HB1247.04.ENRS)
+2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1247/versions/HB1247.02.COMH)
+3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1247/versions/HB1247.03.COMS)
+4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1247/versions/HB1247.01.INTR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1247 - Vermilion A - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ann Vermilion — primary (person)
+- Jon Ford — primary (person)
+- Michael Young — primary (person)
+- Carolyn Jackson — coauthor (person)
+- Dale DeVon — coauthor (person)
+- Julie Olthoff — coauthor (person)
+- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-14** Coauthored by Representative DeVon
+- **2021-01-14** Authored by Representative Vermilion
+- **2021-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-28** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-01** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-01** Representative Olthoff added as coauthor
+- **2021-02-02** Representative Jackson added as coauthor
+- **2021-02-02** Senate sponsor: Senator Ford Jon
+- **2021-02-02** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 51: yeas 95, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-03** Referred to the Senate
+- **2021-02-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-29** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-05** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 353: yeas 50, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-06** Senator Young M added as second sponsor
+- **2021-04-06** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
+- **2021-04-07** Returned to the House without amendments
+- **2021-04-13** Signed by the Speaker
+- **2021-04-23** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
+- **2021-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2021-04-29** Public Law 183
+- **2021-04-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c839abe2-f5ce-4f9e-a065-c1f0cd50fb4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+