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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child care matters."
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description: "Extends the availability of the employer child care expenditure tax credit through July 1, 2027. Provides that under specified circumstances, an individual who: (1) is at least 15 years of age; and (2) is a student at a school corporation that operates a child care program; may volunteer as a caregiver for the child care program before completing the statutory requirements for individuals to act as a volunteer caregiver at a child care program. Adds two representatives of out-of-school-time programs to the membership of the early learning advisory committee. Provides for purposes of regulation of licensed child care centers that the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) shall: (1) ensure that: (A) Indiana's staff to child ratio for a specified age range is not more stringent than the average of the staff to child ratios permitted for that age range under the laws of Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio; and (B) Indiana's maximum group size for a specified age range is not more stringent than the average of the maximum group sizes permitted for that age range under the laws of Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio; and (2) annually publish on the office's website the: (A) staff to child ratio; and (B) maximum group size; that a licensed child care center is required to maintain for the specified age ranges. Provides exceptions to the bill's group size provisions for: (1) an indoor or outdoor area of a child care center that provides at least 75 square feet of space per child; and (2) a child care center's cafeteria. Provides that if the office has received at least five applications from child care providers wishing to participate in the micro center pilot program (pilot program) but has selected less than five applicants for participation in the pilot program, the office shall select additional applicants for participation in the pilot program such that at least five child care providers are participating in the pilot program."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 463"
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citation: "Indiana SB 463 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE LAW; Generally", "AGENCIES; Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA)", "BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "AND COUNCILS; Generally", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Child Care Programs", "PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING; Generally", "SCHOOLS; Pupils (Other than Disciplinary Matters)", "TAXES; Credits"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dale DeVon", "Ed Charbonneau", "Ron Alting", "Shelli Yoder"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-13"
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last_action: "2025-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/036a6741-62ec-4f09-ad84-32f56b73f093"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0463"
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source_hash: "65fd34a32d5e192ae8eedb521a1c29fbb413f6af1599e31e9914e3dedadf8fd7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana SB 463 (2025) — Child care matters.
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Extends the availability of the employer child care expenditure tax credit through July 1, 2027. Provides that under specified circumstances, an individual who: (1) is at least 15 years of age; and (2) is a student at a school corporation that operates a child care program; may volunteer as a caregiver for the child care program before completing the statutory requirements for individuals to act as a volunteer caregiver at a child care program. Adds two representatives of out-of-school-time programs to the membership of the early learning advisory committee. Provides for purposes of regulation of licensed child care centers that the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) shall: (1) ensure that: (A) Indiana's staff to child ratio for a specified age range is not more stringent than the average of the staff to child ratios permitted for that age range under the laws of Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio; and (B) Indiana's maximum group size for a specified age range is not more stringent than the average of the maximum group sizes permitted for that age range under the laws of Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio; and (2) annually publish on the office's website the: (A) staff to child ratio; and (B) maximum group size; that a licensed child care center is required to maintain for the specified age ranges. Provides exceptions to the bill's group size provisions for: (1) an indoor or outdoor area of a child care center that provides at least 75 square feet of space per child; and (2) a child care center's cafeteria. Provides that if the office has received at least five applications from child care providers wishing to participate in the micro center pilot program (pilot program) but has selected less than five applicants for participation in the pilot program, the office shall select additional applicants for participation in the pilot program such that at least five child care providers are participating in the pilot program.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0463/SB0463.04.ENGS.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0463/SB0463.07.ENGH.pdf)
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3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0463/SB0463.08.ENRH.pdf)
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4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0463/SB0463.01.INTR.pdf)
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5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0463/SB0463.06.COMH.pdf)
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6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0463/SB0463.03.COMS.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SB 463 - DeVon - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 463 - Charbonneau - 3rd Reading — **44–5** (pass) · upper
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- SB 463 - Charbonneau — **35–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Dale DeVon — primary (person)
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- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
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- Ron Alting — primary (person)
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- Shelli Yoder — primary (person)
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- Carey Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
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- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
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- Julie Olthoff — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Pierce — cosponsor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
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- Mark Spencer — coauthor (person)
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- Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-13** Authored by Senator Charbonneau
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- **2025-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-29** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-30** Senator Alting added as second author
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- **2025-01-30** Senator Yoder added as third author
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- **2025-01-30** Senators Spencer and Pol added as coauthors
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- **2025-02-03** Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
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- **2025-02-13** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
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- **2025-02-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-17** Amendment #1 (Garten) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-21** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2025-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 198: yeas 44, nays 5 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-20** House sponsor: Representative DeVon
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- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Representative Olthoff added as cosponsor
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- **2025-03-13** Representative Hamilton added as cosponsor
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- **2025-03-24** Representative Pierce K added as cosponsor
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- **2025-03-27** Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
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- **2025-03-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-03** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-08** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-08** Amendment #6 (Goss-Reaves) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-09** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 412: yeas 94, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-10** Motion to concur filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-10** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-04-17** Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 473: yeas 35, nays 6
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- **2025-04-22** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-22** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2025-04-23** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-01** Public Law 140 `became-law`
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- **2025-05-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/036a6741-62ec-4f09-ad84-32f56b73f093`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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