---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Improve Family Economic Security Under The Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Program"
description: "An Act To Improve Family Economic Security Under The Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 80"
citation: "Maine LD 80 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EARNED INCOME", "ELIGIBILITY", "TEMPORARY ASSIST TO NEEDY FAMILIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michele MEYER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30e62556-e29e-4008-a947-b22cd9190af4"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085214"
source_hash: "0693388ed6dcbfb15a9848d4149a3895296168e43b5d19d068a22724abb32984"
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 80 (131) — An Act To Improve Family Economic Security Under The Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Program

## 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=HP0050&item=1&snum=131)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0050&item=2&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Michele MEYER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-01-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-01-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-03-28** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-03-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2023-03-30** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-04-05** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-04-05** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Ordered sent down forthwith
- **2023-04-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30e62556-e29e-4008-a947-b22cd9190af4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).