---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Ensure Compliance With Federal Requirements For Background Checks Of Certain Department Of Health And Human Services Employees"
description: "An Act To Ensure Compliance With Federal Requirements For Background Checks Of Certain Department Of Health And Human Services Employees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1801"
citation: "Maine LD 1801 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND FAMILIES", "CHILD CARE", "BACKGROUND CHECKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patricia HYMANSON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-05-30"
last_action: "2019-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3377ca7-ed93-4b6e-960d-37e439acf11f"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280074330"
source_hash: "22b488a48be6ee6944da6eb9a25340af00c8c26c3c536abdf6641bb4948dc460"
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 1801 (129) — An Act To Ensure Compliance With Federal Requirements For Background Checks Of Certain Department Of Health And Human Services Employees

## 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=HP1282&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1282&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1282&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Patricia HYMANSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-30** Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-05-30** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-30** 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-612).
- **2019-06-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-18** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-18** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-18** Committee Amendment "A" (H-612) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-18** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-612), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-18** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-06-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-19** 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/c3377ca7-ed93-4b6e-960d-37e439acf11f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).