CHAPTER 203
HB 1584 - FINAL VERSION
2024 SESSION
24-2224
05/02
HOUSE BILL 1584
AN ACT relative to home day care licensing requirements.
SPONSORS: Rep. Peternel, Carr. 6; Rep. Vose, Rock. 5; Rep. Cushman, Hills. 28; Rep. Drye, Sull. 7; Rep. Seidel, Hills. 29
COMMITTEE: Special Committee on Childcare
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ANALYSIS
This bill exempts from child day care licensing requirements private homes in which care is provided for up to 4 children in addition to the provider's own children. Current law permits care for 3 additional children.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2224
05/02
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to home day care licensing requirements.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
203:1 Child Day Care Licensing; Exemption; Care in Private Homes. Amend RSA 170-E:3, I(c) to read as follows:
(c) Private homes in which any number of the provider's own children, whether related biologically or through adoption, and up to [3] 4 additional children are cared for regularly for any part of the day, but less than 24 hours, unless the caregiver elects to comply with the provisions of this chapter and be licensed.
203:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: July 12, 2024
Effective Date: July 12, 2024
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 7, 2024 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 21, 2024 | House | Exec Session |
| March 6, 2024 | House | Exec Session |
| March 6, 2024 | House | Floor Vote |
| May 8, 2024 | Senate | Hearing |
| May 23, 2024 | Senate | Floor Vote |
July 22, 2024: Signed by Governor Sununu 07/12/2024; Chapter 203; eff.07/12/2024
June 27, 2024: Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16
June 27, 2024: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18
May 22, 2024: Ought to Pass: RC 14Y-10N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/22/2024; SJ 14
May 15, 2024: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2024, Vote 3-2; SC 20
May 1, 2024: Hearing: 05/08/2024, Room 101, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 19
March 26, 2024: Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 8
March 21, 2024: Reconsider HB1584 (Rep. Sweeney): MF DV 159-167 03/21/2024 HJ 9 P. 126
March 21, 2024: Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/21/2024 HJ 9 P. 123
March 21, 2024: Inexpedient to Legislate: MF DV 159-167 03/21/2024 HJ 9 P. 123
March 11, 2024: Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass
March 11, 2024: Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 03/06/2024 (Vote 5-4; RC)
Feb. 28, 2024: ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/06/2024 11:00 am LOB 104
Feb. 15, 2024: ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/21/2024 10:00 am LOB 104
Jan. 31, 2024: Public Hearing: 02/07/2024 02:00 pm LOB 209
Dec. 15, 2023: Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Special Committee on Childcare HJ 1 P. 25