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Senate advances tiered child-care licensing overhaul to ease rules for small providers
Summary
Senate passed a substitute to SB 26 that raises the unlicensed threshold from 3 to 4 children, creates a 5–8 child certificate tier requiring background checks, immunization records and inspections, and reserves full licensing rules for facilities serving more than eight children; the substitute passed and advanced to third reading.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 3 advanced a substitute to Senate Bill 26 that restructures child-care licensing into tiers to reduce regulatory burdens on small home providers while preserving protections for children.
Sponsor Senator Blackcomb described the substitute as a response to a months-long rulemaking shift that moved child-care…
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