---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding The Limit On The Number Of Children Who May Be Placed In A Single Foster Home"
description: "An Act Regarding The Limit On The Number Of Children Who May Be Placed In A Single Foster Home"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1863"
citation: "Maine LD 1863 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND FAMILIES", "FOSTER CARE", "LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF FOSTER CHIL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JACKSON"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-03-15"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6ae7d34-a042-44e6-a43d-86ce85219ab2"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280068167"
source_hash: "6847545d1fbd1ffbe5377bd465d9f6fa663a4ee93bae643ee45d1d779822dffe"
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 1863 (128) — An Act Regarding The Limit On The Number Of Children Who May Be Placed In A Single Foster Home

## 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/SP070801.asp)

## Sponsors

- JACKSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-03-15** Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2018-03-15** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-04-02** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2018-04-02** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-02** Committee Amendment "A" (S-430) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-430). `reading-2`
- **2018-04-02** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2018-04-03** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2018-04-03** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2018-04-03** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-430).
- **2018-04-03** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-04-04** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2018-04-04** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-04-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2018-04-09** 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/d6ae7d34-a042-44e6-a43d-86ce85219ab2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).