House Bill 1282 amends existing licensing statutes (RCW 43.216.325, 43.216.687, and 43.216.700) and creates a new time‑limited section. The bill preserves and clarifies administrative enforcement tools: licenses may be denied, suspended, revoked, modified, or not renewed for noncompliance; the department’s adjudicative decisions are reviewed under a preponderance of the evidence; and the department may assess civil monetary penalties for rule noncompliance or operating without a license with specified per‑violation dollar amounts for different provider types. Unlicensed agencies that apply for licensure within 30 days and become licensed may have assessed monetary penalties forgiven, the department must provide a notification period before penalties become effective, and failure to pay finalized penalties within ten days can result in suspension, revocation, or nonrenewal. The department may place providers on nonreferral status during enforcement and must notify parents, guardians, and child care resource and referral agencies when enforcement actions occur. The bill changes posting, disclosure, and insurance procedures. It expands posting and website disclosure obligations for child day care centers, outdoor nature‑based programs, and family day care providers (including posting licenses, inspection/enforcement notices, insurance proof or notices, and links to department pages), requires the department to disclose complaint receipt and resolution for complaints on record after July 24, 2005, and sets duties for notifying parents about insurance coverage and lapses. Insurance requirements for centers and outdoor providers are retained but amend prior cross‑references so that required liability limits “shall be determined by the department in rule.” The department may take action under RCW 43.216.325 for failure to meet insurance requirements, and compliance or noncompliance with the insurance provisions is not evidence of liability or nonliability in injury litigation. The bill also notes that licensed foster homes are excluded from civil monetary penalties and allows certain opt‑out and notice options for family day care providers. The new section (Sec. 4) directs the Department of Children, Youth, and Families to assess and improve the accessibility of online licensing, inspection, and early achievers information and to create a standard posting notice by September 1, 2025; to review and recommend updated minimum day care liability limits (considering product availability and inflation) and report those recommendations to the legislature by December 1, 2025; and the new section expires August 1, 2027. The extracted material is incomplete in places: the bill text shown omits the remainder of RCW 43.216.700(2)(c), the precise length of the department’s required notification period before penalties become effective is not specified, and earlier references to “the department” are not always explicitly identified in the provided excerpts.

If enacted, child day care centers, outdoor nature‑based programs, and family day care homes will face stricter public posting and insurance duties: they must prominently display license and enforcement notices, give parents written notice of insurance status and any lapse within 30 days, link insurance and licensing information on any website they run, and may be put on nonreferral status or fined for noncompliance (with foster homes excluded from fines). Providers who are unlicensed but apply for licensure within 30 days of a penalty notice can have monetary penalties forgiven, but failing to pay final penalties can lead to suspension or revocation of a license. These changes likely raise ongoing administrative work and potential costs for insurance or compliance, and increase the risk of public disclosure and enforcement actions for providers who do not keep records and insurance current; family day care providers may choose to opt out of day care insurance but must notify parents. The Department of Children, Youth, and Families must improve how parents find licensing, inspection, and Early Achievers information online and create a standard poster by September 1, 2025, and must review and recommend updated minimum day care liability limits to the legislature by December 1, 2025; that specific task expires August 1, 2027. The department will set the actual liability limits by rule and can take enforcement actions for lack of required insurance, but the bill text here does not include the specific dollar limits, the length of the penalty notification period, or some other implementation details, so those points remain unclear.