SB312 • 2026

Children: child care; review and appeal process for certain violations of child care organization rules; require the department to establish. Amends 1973 PA 116 (MCL 722.111 - 722.128) by adding sec. 12a.

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Sponsor: Sean McCann (District 19)
Last action: 2026-05-20
Official status: referred to Committee on Families and Veterans
Effective date: Not listed

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Children: child care; review and appeal process for certain violations of child care organization rules; require the department to establish. Amends 1973 PA 116 (MCL 722.111 - 722.128) by adding sec. 12a.

Children: child care; review and appeal process for certain violations of child care organization rules; require the department to establish.

What This Bill Does

Children: child care; review and appeal process for certain violations of child care organization rules; require the department to establish.
Amends 1973 PA 116 (MCL 722.111 - 722.128) by adding sec.
12a.

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Bill History

2026-05-20 SJ 45 Pg. 551
PASSED ROLL CALL # 104 YEAS 35 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0
2026-05-20 HJ 39 Pg. 636
received on 05/20/2026
2026-05-20 HJ 39 Pg. 644
read a first time
2026-05-20 HJ 39 Pg. 644
referred to Committee on Families and Veterans
2026-05-19 SJ 44 Pg. 532
REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S)
2026-05-19 SJ 44 Pg. 532
PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
2026-03-25 SJ 29 Pg. 281
REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT 3/24/2026
2026-03-25 SJ 29 Pg. 281
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
2025-05-15 SJ 45 Pg. 575
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SEAN MCCANN
2025-05-15 SJ 45 Pg. 575
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES

Official Summary Text

Children: child care; review and appeal process for certain violations of child care organization rules; require the department to establish. Amends 1973 PA 116 (MCL 722.111 - 722.128) by adding sec. 12a.

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SB-312, As Passed Senate, May 20, 2026

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SENATE BILL NO. 312

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,"
(MCL 722.111 to 722.128) by adding section 12a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 12a. (1) No later than 90 days after the effective date 1
of the amendatory act that added this section, the department shall 2
May 15, 2025, Introduced by Senator MCCANN and referred to Committee on Housing and
Human Services.
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establish a process by which a child care center, group child care 1
home, or family child care home may request a review and appeal of 2
a determination by the department that the child care center, group 3
child care home, or family child care home violated a rule 4
promulgated under this act and the violation does not result in a 5
denial, revocation, or refusal to renew the license of a child care 6
center, group child care home, or family child care home under this 7
act or an injunction under section 13. 8
(2) The process established under subsection (1) must be in 9
writing and posted publicly on the department's website. 10