---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require An Annual Report On The Activities Of The Maine Child Welfare Advisory Panel"
description: "An Act To Require An Annual Report On The Activities Of The Maine Child Welfare Advisory Panel"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 192"
citation: "Maine LD 192 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND FAMILIES", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "CHILD WELFARE ADVISORY PANEL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patricia HYMANSON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ef83100-f0ee-473b-bf50-e55f8011ac06"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070934"
source_hash: "9ed3073a1dfda454ba2c31ca607fc8bda7f67cba2f70609af12068085fde8f35"
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 192 (129) — An Act To Require An Annual Report On The Activities Of The Maine Child Welfare Advisory Panel

## 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=HP0155&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0155&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0155&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Patricia HYMANSON — primary (person)
- Drew GATTINE — cosponsor (person)
- Frances HEAD — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy JAVNER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-03-21** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-03-21** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-21).
- **2019-03-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-21** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2019-03-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Committee Amendment "A" (H-21) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-03-21** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2019-03-26** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2019-03-26** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-21), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-03-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-04-11** 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/6ef83100-f0ee-473b-bf50-e55f8011ac06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).