---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Implement Pilot Programs With Publicly Funded Day Care And Early Childhood Education"
description: "An Act To Implement Pilot Programs With Publicly Funded Day Care And Early Childhood Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 684"
citation: "Maine LD 684 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD CARE", "CHILDREN AND FAMILIES", "PUBLICLY FUNDED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valli GEIGER"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc342448-40f0-44fa-8ddd-cdf1faba3b19"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086463"
source_hash: "31a325a264d5d93aa2ffbab516fb80d0531aa8defc3fb1082b37207502b9f4f2"
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 684 (131) — An Act To Implement Pilot Programs With Publicly Funded Day Care And Early Childhood Education

## 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=HP0453&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0453&item=5&snum=131)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0453&item=1&snum=131)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0453&item=4&snum=131)

## Votes

- ADOPT COMMITTEE AMENDMENT AS AMENDED BY SENATE AMENDMENT — **20–6** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **81–55** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Valli GEIGER — primary (person)
- Ann MATLACK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-02-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-02-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 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.
- **2023-05-18** Reports READ.
- **2023-05-18** On motion of Representative BRENNAN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-18** ROLL CALL NO. 86
- **2023-05-18** (Yeas 81 - Nays 55 - Absent 14 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2023-05-18** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-18** Committee Amendment "A" (H-154) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-05-18** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-154). `reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-23** Reports Read
- **2023-05-23** On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
- **2023-05-23** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-05-23** Committee Amendment "A" (H-154) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-23** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-05-25** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-25** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-154), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2023-06-01** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2023-06-01** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-06** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE, in concurrence.
- **2023-07-25** On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2023-07-25** Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-154) `reading-3`
- **2023-07-25** Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-154) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-461) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-154) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-25** Committee Amendment "A" (H-154) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-461) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-25** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 494 Yeas 20 - Nays 6 - Excused 9 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2023-07-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-154) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-461) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
- **2023-07-25** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-07-26** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-154) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-461) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2023-07-26** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-26** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2023-07-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-26** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-07-27** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+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/fc342448-40f0-44fa-8ddd-cdf1faba3b19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).