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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Improve The Child Welfare System"
+description: "An Act To Improve The Child Welfare System"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "128"
+identifier: "LD 1923"
+citation: "Maine LD 1923 (128)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CHILDREN AND FAMILIES", "FOSTER CARE", "FUNDING"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["HAMPER"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-08-23"
+last_action: "2018-09-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4160b51-e4c8-4d20-ae26-e4e5062a5e84"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280069792"
+source_hash: "03c53cbe8a411e51802a108097885b027443f0fb715e14f793ebf2851b14cc58"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
+---
+
+# Maine LD 1923 (128) — An Act To Improve The Child Welfare System
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/SP075801.asp)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **118–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- HAMPER — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-08-23** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on August 22, 2018 and REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `referral-committee`
+- **2018-08-30** Reports READ
+- **2018-08-30** On motion by Senator BRAKEY of Androscoggin The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-548) Report ACCEPTED
+- **2018-08-30** On motion by Senator CHIPMAN of Cumberland Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 736 Yeas 31 - Nays 0 - Excused 4 - Absent 0
+- **2018-08-30** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2018-08-30** Committee Amendment "A" (S-548) READ and ADOPTED
+- **2018-08-30** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-548) `reading-2`
+- **2018-08-30** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2018-08-30** Reports READ.
+- **2018-08-30** On motion of Representative HYMANSON of York, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2018-08-30** ROLL CALL NO. 745
+- **2018-08-30** (Yeas 118 - Nays 1 - Absent 31 - Excused 0)
+- **2018-08-30** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2018-08-30** Committee Amendment "A" (S-548) was READ.
+- **2018-08-30** On motion of Representative MALABY of Hancock, House Amendment "A" (H-811) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-548) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2018-08-30** Committee Amendment "A" (S-548) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-811) thereto was ADOPTED.
+- **2018-08-30** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2018-08-30** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-548) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-811) thereto.
+- **2018-08-30** In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
+- **2018-08-30** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2018-08-30** On motion by Senator KATZ of Kennebec The Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED With The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-548) Report ACCEPTED AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-548) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-811) thereto in concurrence
+- **2018-08-30** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
+- **2018-08-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2018-08-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2018-08-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2018-09-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4160b51-e4c8-4d20-ae26-e4e5062a5e84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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