---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Reduce Child Poverty By Leveraging Investments So Families Can Thrive"
description: "An Act To Reduce Child Poverty By Leveraging Investments So Families Can Thrive"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1774"
citation: "Maine LD 1774 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPT", "POWERS", "REDUCE CHILD POVERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sara GIDEON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-05-23"
last_action: "2019-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8772e2ee-d8e4-4952-a6e6-081e81b5f567"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280074193"
source_hash: "78fbbf00977c94cbfe68482196ed42b9a13c57aa68581e367a020e2f0bc1afd6"
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 1774 (129) — An Act To Reduce Child Poverty By Leveraging Investments So Families Can Thrive

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1261&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1261&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1261&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Sara GIDEON — primary (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Ned CLAXTON — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia HYMANSON — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-23** Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-05-23** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-23** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-17** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-605).
- **2019-06-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-17** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-17** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-17** Committee Amendment "A" (H-605) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-17** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-605), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-17** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-06-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-27** 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/8772e2ee-d8e4-4952-a6e6-081e81b5f567`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).