---
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).