---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding The Payment Of Back Child Support"
description: "An Act Regarding The Payment Of Back Child Support"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 81"
citation: "Maine LD 81 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "CHILD SUPPORT", "STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DIAMOND"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa53043e-78a4-4228-a88b-5b269c9dc68d"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280062542"
source_hash: "c06333e2285263abab8cd06465cb808cb5abbb0423c380f072d474a47f48e461"
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 81 (128) — An Act Regarding The Payment Of Back Child Support

## 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/SP003001.asp)

## Sponsors

- DIAMOND — primary (person)
- CHENETTE — cosponsor (person)
- KINNEY — cosponsor (person)
- ORDWAY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** Committee on JUDICIARY
- **2017-01-11** suggested and ordered printed
- **2017-01-11** REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-11** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-01-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-11** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-09** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2017-05-09** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-05-09** Committee Amendment "A" (S-75) READ and ADOPTED
- **2017-05-09** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2017-05-11** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2017-05-11** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-75) `reading-2`
- **2017-05-11** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2017-05-16** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-05-16** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-05-16** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-75).
- **2017-05-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-05-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-05-30** 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/fa53043e-78a4-4228-a88b-5b269c9dc68d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).