---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Maine Parentage Act With Regard To Presumed Parentage"
description: "An Act To Amend The Maine Parentage Act With Regard To Presumed Parentage"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1958"
citation: "Maine LD 1958 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "PARENTAL RIGHTS", "PRESUMED PARENTAGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thom HARNETT"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4213306-ad80-48b6-8a0d-f0ad3570d495"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082717"
source_hash: "7e9cb129949dfc40c446c6a33d1e464c463bb5ff1caac4c61178c149ddb18060"
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 1958 (130) — An Act To Amend The Maine Parentage Act With Regard To Presumed Parentage

## Version chain

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

1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1458&item=1&snum=130)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1458&item=3&snum=130)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJ OTP RPT — **20–12** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP — **73–59** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thom HARNETT — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Reported by Representative HARNETT for the Family Law Advisory Commission pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 19-A, section 354, subsection 2.
- **2022-02-02** Received by the Clerk of the House on February 2, 2022. `receipt`
- **2022-02-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** Reports READ.
- **2022-03-31** On motion of Representative HARNETT of Gardiner, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2022-03-31** ROLL CALL NO. 506
- **2022-03-31** (Yeas 73 - Nays 59 - Absent 15 - Excused 0 - Vacant 4)
- **2022-03-31** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-31** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2022-03-31** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-31** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-05** Reports Read
- **2022-04-05** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED.
- **2022-04-05** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 692 Yeas 20 - Nays 12 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2022-04-05** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2022-04-05** Under suspension of the Rules READ A SECOND TIME And PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-04-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4213306-ad80-48b6-8a0d-f0ad3570d495`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).