---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide Access To Quality Family Child Care For Military Personnel By Exempting Certain Military Child Care Providers From State Licensing Requirements"
description: "An Act To Provide Access To Quality Family Child Care For Military Personnel By Exempting Certain Military Child Care Providers From State Licensing Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 388"
citation: "Maine LD 388 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD CARE", "CHILDREN AND FAMILIES", "MILITARY FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harold STEWART"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56d16515-07df-484e-b3d0-55f1fbadfc41"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096086"
source_hash: "64eaf9a1fde7a8cdbd18f595359cb5322bb75daac142fa66c01b4b19ae306456"
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 388 (132) — An Act To Provide Access To Quality Family Child Care For Military Personnel By Exempting Certain Military Child Care Providers From State Licensing Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-62)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0169&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 101** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0169&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 388 SP 169** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0169&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Harold STEWART — primary (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne FARRIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-02-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** 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.
- **2025-05-13** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-13** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-62) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-62). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-05-14** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-05-14** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-05-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-62). `reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-05-08T04:00:00+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/56d16515-07df-484e-b3d0-55f1fbadfc41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).