republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/hb-1318.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child care provided by a school corporation."
description: "Allows a child care program that: (1) is operated by a public or private school; and (2) provides day care on the school premises for children of students or employees of schools in the school corporation in which the public or private school is located; to be exempted from licensure as a child care facility. Provides that: (1) a preschool program that is operated by a public or private school; and (2) either or both: (A) a child care program that is located in the public or private secondary school and provides child care for children of employees or students of the public or private secondary school; and (B) a latch key program; are exempt from licensure as child care facilities if located in the same public or private school building. Provides that for purposes of determining the child to staff ratio and group size requirements for a child care program that: (1) enrolls children at least two and one-half years of age, but not more than six years of age; and (2) is validated as a Montessori program by the United Montessori Schools of Indiana; the division of family resources of the family and social services administration shall use the average age of the children in the group as of January 1 of the school year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1318"
citation: "Indiana HB 1318 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Child Care Programs", "FAMILY AND SOCIAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION", "PRIVATE SCHOOLS", "SCHOOLS", "Buildings and Grounds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig Snow", "John Crane", "Stacey Donato"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7b8b954-41fa-4ded-8d4b-7d0919912a13"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1318"
source_hash: "a20f2da4e8b5b355613e6c1a6b7b34238daf91638525a8a3743ce95215f29c12"
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 1318 (2022) — Child care provided by a school corporation.

Allows a child care program that: (1) is operated by a public or private school; and (2) provides day care on the school premises for children of students or employees of schools in the school corporation in which the public or private school is located; to be exempted from licensure as a child care facility. Provides that: (1) a preschool program that is operated by a public or private school; and (2) either or both: (A) a child care program that is located in the public or private secondary school and provides child care for children of employees or students of the public or private secondary school; and (B) a latch key program; are exempt from licensure as child care facilities if located in the same public or private school building. Provides that for purposes of determining the child to staff ratio and group size requirements for a child care program that: (1) enrolls children at least two and one-half years of age, but not more than six years of age; and (2) is validated as a Montessori program by the United Montessori Schools of Indiana; the division of family resources of the family and social services administration shall use the average age of the children in the group as of January 1 of the school year.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1318/versions/HB1318.04.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1318/versions/HB1318.05.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1318/versions/HB1318.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1318/versions/HB1318.03.COMS)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1318/versions/HB1318.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1318 - Snow C - 3rd Reading — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craig Snow — primary (person)
- John Crane — primary (person)
- Stacey Donato — primary (person)
- Carolyn Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Olthoff — coauthor (person)
- Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Bartels — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-11** Authored by Representative Snow
- **2022-01-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Representatives Olthoff and Bartels added as coauthors
- **2022-01-24** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Representative Jackson added as coauthor
- **2022-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-31** Senate sponsor: Senator Donato
- **2022-01-31** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 149: yeas 93, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** Referred to the Senate
- **2022-02-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-21** Amendment #1 (Raatz) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-21** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 243: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Senator Crane added as second sponsor
- **2022-02-22** Senators Ford J.D. and Qaddoura added as cosponsors
- **2022-02-22** Senator Rogers added as cosponsor
- **2022-02-23** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-28** Motion to concur filed
- **2022-03-01** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 318: yeas 92, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-04** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-07** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-10** Public Law 81

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7b8b954-41fa-4ded-8d4b-7d0919912a13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).