---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Improve The Child Welfare System"
description: "An Act To Improve The Child Welfare System"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1923"
citation: "Maine LD 1923 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND FAMILIES", "FOSTER CARE", "FUNDING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HAMPER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-08-23"
last_action: "2018-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4160b51-e4c8-4d20-ae26-e4e5062a5e84"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280069792"
source_hash: "03c53cbe8a411e51802a108097885b027443f0fb715e14f793ebf2851b14cc58"
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 1923 (128) — An Act To Improve The Child Welfare System

## Version chain

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

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/SP075801.asp)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **118–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HAMPER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-08-23** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on August 22, 2018 and REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-30** Reports READ
- **2018-08-30** On motion by Senator BRAKEY of Androscoggin The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-548) Report ACCEPTED
- **2018-08-30** On motion by Senator CHIPMAN of Cumberland Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 736 Yeas 31 - Nays 0 - Excused 4 - Absent 0
- **2018-08-30** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2018-08-30** Committee Amendment "A" (S-548) READ and ADOPTED
- **2018-08-30** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-548) `reading-2`
- **2018-08-30** Sent down for concurrence
- **2018-08-30** Reports READ.
- **2018-08-30** On motion of Representative HYMANSON of York, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2018-08-30** ROLL CALL NO. 745
- **2018-08-30** (Yeas 118 - Nays 1 - Absent 31 - Excused 0)
- **2018-08-30** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2018-08-30** Committee Amendment "A" (S-548) was READ.
- **2018-08-30** On motion of Representative MALABY of Hancock, House Amendment "A" (H-811) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-548) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2018-08-30** Committee Amendment "A" (S-548) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-811) thereto was ADOPTED.
- **2018-08-30** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2018-08-30** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-548) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-811) thereto.
- **2018-08-30** In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
- **2018-08-30** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-08-30** On motion by Senator KATZ of Kennebec The Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED With The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-548) Report ACCEPTED AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-548) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-811) thereto in concurrence
- **2018-08-30** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2018-08-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2018-08-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-08-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2018-09-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4160b51-e4c8-4d20-ae26-e4e5062a5e84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).