---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Update The Maine Parentage Act"
description: "An Act To Update The Maine Parentage Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 222"
citation: "Maine LD 222 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "MAINE PARENTAGE ACT", "PARENTAL RIGHTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara CARDONE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8fd5bfd-92ba-496c-bebe-19001108152c"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078274"
source_hash: "8e466361cc8480ec1c8bbad216c542fd27b7712d16477e1ae583925657b1da31"
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 222 (130) — An Act To Update The Maine Parentage Act

## 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=HP0157&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0157&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0157&item=3&snum=130)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **84–55** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **21–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara CARDONE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Received by the Clerk of the House on January 25, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-01-25** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-05-19** Reports READ.
- **2021-05-19** Representative HARNETT of Gardiner moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
- **2021-05-19** On motion of Representative DILLINGHAM of Oxford, TABLED pending the motion of Representative HARNETT of Gardiner to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
- **2021-05-19** Later today assigned.
- **2021-05-19** Speaker laid before the House
- **2021-05-19** Subsequently, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-05-19** ROLL CALL NO. 58
- **2021-05-19** (Yeas 84 - Nays 55 - Absent 12 - Excused 0)
- **2021-05-19** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-19** Committee Amendment "A" (H-149) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-05-19** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-05-19** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-149). `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-02** Reports Read
- **2021-06-02** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-02** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 169 Yeas 21 - Nays 13 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2021-06-02** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-02** Committee Amendment "A" (H-149) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-02** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-149) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+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/e8fd5bfd-92ba-496c-bebe-19001108152c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).