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OLR Bill Analysis
sHB 6839
AN ACT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN PERMITTED IN
FAMILY CHILD CARE HOMES AND CONCERNING THE
OPERATION OF FAMILY CHILD CARE HOMES AND GROUP CHILD
CARE HOMES IN CONDOMINIUMS AND RENTAL UNITS.
SUMMARY
The bill allows family child care homes, where licensed child care is
provided in a private family home, to serve a maximum of 12 children
rather than nine if the provider has an early childhood commissioner-
approved assistant or substitute staff member present (§ 1).
By law, the individual provider can serve up to six children,
including the provider’s own children who are not in school full time.
Current law permits an additional three children, including the
provider’s own children, if an assistant or a substitute staff member is
present.
The bill also bans rental agreements and condominium and common
interest community association declarations from prohibiting or
restricting a person from operating a licensed family or group child care
home (§§ 2-4). Additionally, the bill allows a landlord to require a
security deposit that exceeds two months’ rent for a tenant who operates
a licensed family or group child care home (§ 5).
Additionally, the bill allows a licensed family or group child care
home operator to name the operator’s landlord, condominium
association, or common interest community association as an additional
insured party in any renter’s or homeowner’s insurance policy
providing the operator’s coverage if it was issued or renewed on or after
July 1, 2025 (§ 6).
By law a group child care home (1) offers or provides care to between
7 and 12 related or unrelated children on a regular basis or (2) meets the 2025HB-06839-R000229-BA.DOCX
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family child care home definition except that it is not in a private family
home.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2025
§§ 2 & 5 — RENTAL AGREEMENTS AN D CHILD CARE
OPERATORS
The bill prevents rental agreements entered into or amended on or
after July 1, 2025, from prohibiting or restricting a tenant from operating
a licensed family or group child care home.
Relatedly, the bill raises the security deposit maximum amount a
landlord can charge a tenant who operates a licensed family or group
child care home. Under current law, a landlord cannot require a security
deposit of more than two months’ rent from tenants under age 62 or
more than one month’s rent for tenants aged 62 or older. The bill allows
a landlord to require a security deposit in an amount that exceeds two
months’ rent for a tenant who operates a licensed family or group child
care home, regardless of the tenant’s age.
§§ 3 & 4 — CONDOMINIUM AND COMM ON INTEREST
COMMUNITIES AND CHILD CARE OPER ATORS
Current condominium and common interest community law permits
the association declarations to restrict the uses of a unit. The bill creates
an exception to this that prevents any declaration executed on or after
July 1, 2025, from prohibiting the operation of a licensed family or group
child care home in a unit.
COMMITTEE ACTION
Committee on Children
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 13 Nay 4 (03/06/2025)