---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide Incentives To Employers To Provide On-Site Child Care"
description: "An Act To Provide Incentives To Employers To Provide On-Site Child Care"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 103"
citation: "Maine LD 103 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD CARE", "EMPLOYEE BENEFITS", "EMPLOYER PROVIDER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca JAUCH"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ab9ba96-9dba-470a-b3b6-9195027ee97d"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085272"
source_hash: "077f6fd5bc52e32928fd9f1721cfcb60c4820bd7127a8d18a035ab77e74504fc"
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 103 (131) — An Act To Provide Incentives To Employers To Provide On-Site Child Care

## 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=HP0071&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0071&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0071&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Rebecca JAUCH — primary (person)
- Amy KUHN — cosponsor (person)
- Cheryl GOLEK — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel ANKELES — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Committee on Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-01-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-01-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-05-23** Reports READ.
- **2023-05-23** On motion of Representative ROBERTS of South Berwick, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-23** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-23** Committee Amendment "A" (H-168) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-23** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-05-23** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-168). `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-25** Reports READ
- **2023-05-25** On motion by Senator CURRY of Waldo The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2023-05-25** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-05-25** Committee Amendment "A" (H-168) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-25** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-05-30** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-30** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-168), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2023-06-01** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2023-06-01** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-06** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+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/7ab9ba96-9dba-470a-b3b6-9195027ee97d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).