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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 30 By: Hamilton
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to child care; amending 10 O.S. 2021,
7 Section 403, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 99,
8 O.S.L. 2022 (10 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 403), which
8 relates to exemptions from the Oklahoma Child Care
9 Facilities Licensing Act; updating statutory
9 reference; adding exemption; and providing an
10 effective date.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 10 O.S. 2021, Section 403, as
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15 amended by Section 1, Chapter 99, O.S.L. 2022 (10 O.S. Supp. 2024,
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16 Section 403), is amended to read as follows:
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17 Section 403. A. The provisions of the Oklahoma Child Care
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18 Facilities Licensing Act shall not apply to:
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19 1. Care provided in a child's own home or by relatives;
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20 2. Informal arrangements which parents make with friends or
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21 neighbors for the occasional care of their children;
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22 3. Care provided by an attorney-in-fact authorized by Section
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23 700 of this title who exercises parental or legal authority on a
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24 continuous basis for not less than twenty-four (24) hours and
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1 without compensation for the intended duration of the power of
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2 attorney;
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3 4. Programs in which school-aged children three (3) years of
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4 age and older are participating in home-schooling;
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5 5. Programs that serve children three (3) years of age and
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6 older and that are operated during typical school hours by a public
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7 school district;
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8 6. Programs that serve children three (3) years of age and
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9 older and that are operated during typical school hours by a private
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10 school that offers elementary education in grades kindergarten
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11 through third grade;
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12 7. Summer youth camps, summer programs or after-school programs
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13 for children who are at least four (4) years of age, that are
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14 accredited by a national standard-setting agency or church camp
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15 accreditation program, or are accredited by, chartered by or
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16 affiliated with a national non-profit organization;
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17 8. Programs in which children attend on a drop-in basis and
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18 parents are on the premises and readily accessible;
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19 9. A program of specialized activity or instruction for
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20 children that is not designed or intended for child care purposes
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21 including, but not limited to, scouts, 4-H clubs and summer resident
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22 youth camps, programs that limit children from enrolling in multiple
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23 sessions because of the type of activity or ages accepted and
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1 single-activity programs such as academics, athletics, gymnastics,
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2 hobbies, art, music, dance and craft instruction;
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3 10. Any child care facility that:
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4 a. provides care and supervision for fifteen (15) or
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5 fewer hours per week,
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6 b. operates less than ten (10) weeks annually,
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7 c. operates in the summer for less than eight (8) hours
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8 per day, or
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9 d. provides care and supervision for school-aged children
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10 only in a center-based program for twenty-one (21) or
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11 fewer hours a week and is located in a county with a
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12 population of less than one hundred thousand (100,000)
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13 according to the latest Federal Decennial Census;
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14 11. Facilities whose primary purpose is medical treatment;
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15 12. Boarding schools that have education as their primary
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16 purpose and that are recognized as accredited by the State Board of
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17 Education. To be exempt, such programs shall:
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18 a. have classroom facilities that are not used for
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19 residential living,
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20 b. not have been granted nor have assumed legal custody
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21 of any child attending the facility, and
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22 c. adhere to standard educational holiday and seasonal
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23 recess periods to permit students reasonable
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1 opportunities to return to their primary places of
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2 residence with parents or legal guardians;
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3 13. Day treatment programs and maternity homes operated by a
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4 licensed hospital;
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5 14. Juvenile facilities certified by the Office of Juvenile
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6 Affairs or certified by any other state agency authorized by law to
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7 license such facilities;
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8 15. A program where children are not enrolled by the parents
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9 and are free to come and go;
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10 16. A program in tribal land as defined at 25 U.S.C.A., Section
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11 1903 (10); and
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12 17. A program on a military base or federal property, or a
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13 facility licensed as a family child care provider by a branch of the
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14 United States Department of Defense or by the United States Coast
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15 Guard; and
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16 18. A family child care home that operates for thirty (30) or
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18 B. The provisions of the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities
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19 Licensing Act shall be equally incumbent upon all private and public
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20 child care facilities.
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21 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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