---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish The Option Of Sentencing Alternatives For Primary Caregivers"
description: "An Act To Establish The Option Of Sentencing Alternatives For Primary Caregivers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 246"
citation: "Maine LD 246 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "PRIMARY CARETAKERS", "SENTENCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel TALBOT ROSS"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e7f5f36-c9ba-44b4-ab62-633ec6051f16"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095850"
source_hash: "372b3b8840ea843afb795a41afcb202688569c8bae92844d88a0fe5fbde5f129"
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 246 (132) — An Act To Establish The Option Of Sentencing Alternatives For Primary Caregivers

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-253)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0112&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment C-B (S-254)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0112&item=3&snum=132)
3. **Chapter 402** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0112&item=4&snum=132)
4. **LD 246 SP 112** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0112&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACCEPT REPORT 'A' OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED — **20–14** (pass) · upper
- ACC REPORT "A" OTP-AM — **74–67** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)
- Adam LEE — cosponsor (person)
- Amy KUHN — cosponsor (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Eleanor SATO — cosponsor (person)
- Tavis HASENFUS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-01-21** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-06-04** Reports READ
- **2025-06-04** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland Report A Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-253) Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
- **2025-06-04** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 353 Yeas 20 - Nays 14 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-04** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-04** Committee Amendment "A" (S-253) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-04** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-253) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** Sent down for concurrence
- **2025-06-05** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-05** On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, REPORT A Ought to Pass as Amended was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-05** ROLL CALL NO. 338
- **2025-06-05** (Yeas 74 - Nays 67 - Absent 8 - Excused 2)
- **2025-06-05** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-253) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-05** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-253). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-05** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-22** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e7f5f36-c9ba-44b4-ab62-633ec6051f16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).