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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child care."
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description: "Provides that a granted waiver or variance expires three years after the date that the waiver or variance becomes effective. Removes the requirement that a child receiving child care from a school must be the child of a student or employee of the school. Provides that, not later than June 30, 2026, the division of family resources (division) shall establish an organizational license category for multi-site child care centers operating under one owner, and specifies obligations of the division with regard to the new license category. Provides that, subject to exceptions, certain properties may not be required to comply with a new or different set of building, fire safety, or equipment laws than were originally enforced by the department: (1) before July 1, 2025; or (2) two years after the earlier of the date of the: (A) initial inspection; or (B) plan review. Allows a child care home that was licensed to operate a Class 2 structure before July 1, 2025, to continue operating in the structure notwithstanding the building, fire safety, or equipment laws and regulations."
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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: "HB 1253"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1253 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGENCIES; Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA)", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Child Care Programs", "STATE GOVERNMENT; State and Local Funding"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dave Heine", "Ed Charbonneau", "Linda Rogers", "Liz Brown"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-01-09"
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last_action: "2025-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43ef6713-36d7-4353-b94b-eb54ede0918f"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1253"
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source_hash: "cbc949f5ce2098223537f4f83b9728d001d9cd582818a9e19ecc969746f95373"
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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 HB 1253 (2025) — Child care.
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Provides that a granted waiver or variance expires three years after the date that the waiver or variance becomes effective. Removes the requirement that a child receiving child care from a school must be the child of a student or employee of the school. Provides that, not later than June 30, 2026, the division of family resources (division) shall establish an organizational license category for multi-site child care centers operating under one owner, and specifies obligations of the division with regard to the new license category. Provides that, subject to exceptions, certain properties may not be required to comply with a new or different set of building, fire safety, or equipment laws than were originally enforced by the department: (1) before July 1, 2025; or (2) two years after the earlier of the date of the: (A) initial inspection; or (B) plan review. Allows a child care home that was licensed to operate a Class 2 structure before July 1, 2025, to continue operating in the structure notwithstanding the building, fire safety, or equipment laws and regulations.
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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 House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1253/HB1253.06.ENGS.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1253/HB1253.07.ENRS.pdf)
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3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1253/HB1253.02.COMH.pdf)
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4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1253/HB1253.05.COMS.pdf)
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5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1253/HB1253.01.INTR.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HB 1253 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper
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- HB 1253 - Heine - 2nd Reading — **27–65** (fail) · lower
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- HB 1253 - Heine — **72–0** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1253 - Heine - 3rd Reading — **91–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dave Heine — primary (person)
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- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
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- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
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- Liz Brown — primary (person)
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- Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person)
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- Carey Hamilton — coauthor (person)
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- Dale DeVon — coauthor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Heaton — coauthor (person)
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- Rodney Pol — cosponsor (person)
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- Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)
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- Stacey Donato — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-09** Authored by Representative Heine
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- **2025-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-09** Coauthored by Representatives DeVon and Heaton
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- **2025-01-27** Recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
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- **2025-01-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-06** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-10** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-10** Amendment #3 (Hamilton) failed; Roll Call 108: yeas 27, nays 65 `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2025-02-10** Amendment #1 (Hamilton) motion withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
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- **2025-02-12** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2025-02-11** Senate sponsors: Senators Brown L and Charbonneau
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- **2025-02-11** Representative Hamilton added as coauthor
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- **2025-02-11** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 134: yeas 91, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-20** First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-10** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-11** Senator Donato added as cosponsor
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- **2025-03-17** Senator Doriot added as cosponsor
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- **2025-03-27** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
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- **2025-03-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-31** Senator Pol added as cosponsor
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- **2025-03-31** Senator Yoder added as cosponsor
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- **2025-04-03** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-03** Senator Rogers added as third sponsor
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- **2025-04-03** Amendment #1 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 345: yeas 48, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-08** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-04-14** Motion to concur filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-21** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 500: yeas 72, nays 0
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- **2025-04-21** 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** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-01** Public Law 160 `became-law`
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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/43ef6713-36d7-4353-b94b-eb54ede0918f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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