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Committee approves sending House Bill 312 — moving daycare licensing rules into statute — to the floor
Summary
Representative Tanya Burgoyne presented House Bill 312 to move 19 sections of daycare licensing from IDAPA rule into statute, covering definitions, standards, fees, trainings, behavior management and complaints. The committee voted to send the bill to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation by voice vote.
Representative Tanya Burgoyne (District 29) presented House Bill 312 to the House Health and Welfare Committee, describing the measure as part of ongoing efforts to move longstanding administrative rules into statute.
Burgoyne said the bill "moves 19 secondtions from IDAPA 16.06 0.03 daycare licensing from administrative rule into statute." She told the committee the sections cover definitions, licensing standards, safety standards, fees, trainings, requirements, behavior management and complaints, and that most of those provisions already exist in both rule and statute.
Burgoyne said the language was reviewed with the Department of Health and Welfare and that the chapter has been before the legislature previously, most recently in 2024. "This proposed legislation seeks to move a long standing provision of administrative rules from the Department's control... back to the hands of the elected legislature," she said.
Representative McCann moved that the committee send House Bill 312 to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation. The motion carried by voice vote and the bill was reported to the floor.
