2025 Senate Bill 733

Children: child care; definition of family child care home; expand to include child care microcenters.

A bill to amend 1973 PA 116, entitled “An act to provide for the protection of children through the licensing and regulation of child care organizations; to provide for the establishment of standards of care for child care organizations; to prescribe powers and duties of certain departments of this state and adoption facilitators; to provide penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 1 (MCL 722.111), as amended by 2024 PA 50.

AI Analysis – Experimental

Senate Bill No. 733 updates and clarifies definitions and regulatory standards for child care organizations in Michigan, particularly regarding eligibility and procedures for increased capacity in home-based child care, to enhance oversight and child safety.

Introduced in the Senate

Dec. 10, 2025

Introduced by Sens. John Damoose (R-37) and Roger Hauck (R-34)

Referred to the Committee on Housing and Human Services