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Read. Follow. Verify.Michigan SB 733 expands child care definitions to include child care microcenters
Last action · December 10, 2025: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICESSponsors: John Damoose and 1 other
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What This Bill Would Do
Michigan Senate Bill 733 amends state law to expand the definition of a family child care home to include s, which are permitted local facilities outside of a private residence that care for between 7 and 12 minor children.
The measure establishes legal recognition and licensing standards for a new category of non-residential child care facilities, directly impacting local providers operating microcenters and families seeking alternative child care arrangements.
- Child care organizations in Michigan are regulated under 1973 PA 116, which establishes licensing categories and standards of care across facilities like day care centers, family homes, and child caring institutions. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Child care microcenter operators
Operators gain official classification and inclusion under family child care home and child care organization licensing regulations.
Parents and guardians
Families gain access to a newly defined category of regulated non-residential child care facilities caring for 7 to 12 children.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a child care microcenter under SB 733?
How does this bill change existing family child care home definitions?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
2 actions- Dec 10, 2025SenateCommitteeREFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES
- Dec 10, 2025SenateIntroducedINTRODUCED BY SENATOR JOHN DAMOOSE
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Inclusion of Non-Residential Microcenters
The legislation broadens traditional home-based child care definitions to incorporate permitted non-residential local facilities serving 7 to 12 children.
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