---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Grant The Department Of Health And Human Services Access To Criminal History Information To Achieve The Purposes Of The Child And Family Services And Child Protection Act"
description: "An Act To Grant The Department Of Health And Human Services Access To Criminal History Information To Achieve The Purposes Of The Child And Family Services And Child Protection Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1921"
citation: "Maine LD 1921 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND FAMILIES", "ABUSE AND NEGLECT", "PREVENTION", "CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THIBODEAU"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-08-21"
last_action: "2018-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a563c825-a53f-41dd-b99c-86fd0481102d"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280069778"
source_hash: "f5aaeae2945af65bf446c522ac3b5a74d6cc96cad7f2e5faa9fac1fbce834953"
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 1921 (128) — An Act To Grant The Department Of Health And Human Services Access To Criminal History Information To Achieve The Purposes Of The Child And Family Services And Child Protection Act

## 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/SP075501.asp)

## Sponsors

- THIBODEAU — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-08-21** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on August 20, 2018 and REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-30** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2018-08-30** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2018-08-30** Committee Amendment "A" (S-547) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2018-08-30** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-547). `reading-2`
- **2018-08-30** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2018-08-30** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2018-08-30** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2018-08-30** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-547).
- **2018-08-30** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-08-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2018-08-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-08-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, 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/a563c825-a53f-41dd-b99c-86fd0481102d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).