---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Stabilize Residential Treatment Capacity For Children And Youth In Maine"
description: "An Act To Stabilize Residential Treatment Capacity For Children And Youth In Maine"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1745"
citation: "Maine LD 1745 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABUSE AND NEGLECT", "CHILDREN AND FAMILIES", "RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lori GRAMLICH"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-22"
last_action: "2026-01-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba6cb461-8e8c-408e-8225-6a9c24d24638"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098717"
source_hash: "e89cec765753e656c698681028b46ed1b312bc57bb040711bd0e70c79d9033a6"
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 1745 (132) — An Act To Stabilize Residential Treatment Capacity For Children And Youth In Maine

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (H-674)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1163&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 522** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1163&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1745 HP 1163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1163&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Lori GRAMLICH — primary (person)
- Daniel SHAGOURY — cosponsor (person)
- Flavia DEBRITO — cosponsor (person)
- Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- John DUCHARME — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy JAVNER — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-22** Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2025-04-22** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-22** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-06-12** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-06-12** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-674). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-13** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2025-06-13** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (H-674) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-674), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-13** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2025-06-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-13** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2025-06-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-07-08** HELD BY THE GOVERNOR.
- **2026-01-11** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
- **2025-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba6cb461-8e8c-408e-8225-6a9c24d24638`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).