Governor Granholm signed into law a bill to exempt baby-sitting…
Jennifer Granholm at a roundtable discussion Monday in Lansing (July 20, 2009).
The Michigan House has voted unanimously to exempt babysitting …
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Granholm signs babysitting bill
Flap began near Middleville neighborhood
Updated: Tuesday, 24 Nov 2009, 4:04 PM EST
Published : Thursday, 12 Nov 2009, 12:33 PM EST
LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) - The Michigan Senate has voted to exempt baby-sitting from day
care regulations after the state ordered a woman to stop watching
her friend's children before school.
Gov. Jennifer Granholmsigned the legislation on November 24
after the Senate approved it 37-0 Nov. 12.. The bill was already
passed by the House.
In August, the state Department of Human Services
sent a letter to Lisa Snyder of Barry County's
Irving Township south of Grand Rapids.
It warned her that if she continued watching three children
for about an hour each day before they got on their school bus,
she'd be violating a law aimed at the operators of unlicensed day
care centers.
Granholm instructed the department to work with lawmakers to
change the law so people providing free baby-sitting service won't
need day care licenses.
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