North Carolina 2025 Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 5 D · 1 R cosponsors

SB 745 — Child Care Center Capacity Amendment Act.

Last action — Passed 1st Reading

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced March 25, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

Prognosis

Advancing 42% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

How often bills like it became law.

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 6 sponsors

    1 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (5 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

8 added · 9 removed

Plain-language change summary

The latest version of Senate Bill 745 includes an addition that clarifies the bill's reference to the North Carolina General Assembly and establishes its session year as 2025. Additionally, it removes an earlier filing notation from the document. These changes are important as they help ensure that the bill is correctly identified and dated, which aids in maintaining clear legislative records and tracking the bill's progress.

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FILED SENATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA Mar 25, 2025 S.B.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 1 SENATE BILL 745 Short Title:
745 SESSION 2025 PRINCIPAL CLERK S D SENATE BILL DRS15274-LU-66 Short Title:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY IN CHILD CARE SETTINGS BY ALLOWING AN INCREASE IN MAXIMUM GROUP SIZES FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS AND ALIGNING THE LICENSING RULE REGARDING NAP TIME SUPERVISION FOR ONE-YEAR OLDS WITH THE RULE FOR TWO-YEAR OLDS.
Rules and Operations of the Senate March 26, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY IN CHILD CARE SETTINGS BY ALLOWING AN INCREASE IN MAXIMUM GROUP SIZES FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS AND ALIGNING THE LICENSING RULE REGARDING NAP TIME SUPERVISION FOR ONE-YEAR OLDS WITH THE RULE FOR TWO-YEAR OLDS.
Age Ratio Staff/Children Group Size 0 to 12 months 1/4 12 12 to 24 months 1/5 15 *DRS15274-LU-66* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 2 to 3 years 1/8 20.
Age Ratio Staff/Children Group Size 0 to 12 months 1/4 12 12 to 24 months 1/5 15 *S745-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 2 to 3 years 1/8 20.
Page 2 DRS15274-LU-66
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Action History

  1. Passed 1st Reading

  2. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  3. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 173 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (173)

173 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 745?
SB 745 is sponsored by Joyce Waddell (Democratic), Gladys A. Robinson (Democratic), Mujtaba A. Mohammed (Democratic), Woodson Bradley (Democratic), Jim Burgin (Republican), and Jay J. Chaudhuri (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 745?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced March 25, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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