---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Improve The Child And Family Court Process"
description: "An Act To Improve The Child And Family Court Process"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1831"
citation: "Maine LD 1831 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "FAMILY DIVISION", "PROVISIONS REVISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph BALDACCI"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-12-20"
last_action: "2022-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f3e6332-dbc6-48d4-9809-4db7b840d1ed"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082200"
source_hash: "c3494be9b85ec7a396097fbb8c542fc9ac488adbfad2fac4fdb65aba07454457"
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 1831 (130) — An Act To Improve The Child And Family Court Process

## 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=SP0648&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0648&item=5&snum=130)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0648&item=1&snum=130)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0648&item=4&snum=130)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joseph BALDACCI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-20** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 20, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Reports READ
- **2022-04-07** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2022-04-07** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 710 Yeas 32 - Nays 0 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2022-04-07** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2022-04-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-514) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-514) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** Sent down for concurrence
- **2022-04-07** Reports READ.
- **2022-04-07** On motion of Representative HARNETT of Gardiner, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2022-04-07** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-04-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-514) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-04-07** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2022-04-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-514). `reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-12** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2022-04-25** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2022-04-25** On motion by Same Senator Under suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-514) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Under further suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-514) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-629) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-514) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-514) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-629) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-514) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-629) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** Sent down for concurrence
- **2022-04-25** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-514) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-629) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f3e6332-dbc6-48d4-9809-4db7b840d1ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).