republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/hb-1247.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2021	HB 1247	Indiana HB 1247 (2021)	bill	CHILDREN AND MINORS Child Care Programs CHILDREN AND MINORS Department of Child Services TELECOMMUNICATIONS Telephone Television Radio and Internet	enacted	Ann Vermilion Jon Ford Michael Young	4	22	1	2021-01-14	2021-04-29	openstates	ocd-bill/c839abe2-f5ce-4f9e-a065-c1f0cd50fb4c	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1247	24625c3fd47468b906a53aa1d06891488b053a926e724c65cdf700890197b6ee	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
3. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/c839abe2-f5ce-4f9e-a065-c1f0cd50fb4c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).