---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Increase The Availability Of Foster Homes"
description: "An Act To Increase The Availability Of Foster Homes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1526"
citation: "Maine LD 1526 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND FAMILIES", "FOSTER CARE", "HOUSING SAFETY INSPECTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisa KEIM"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-04-11"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a349b330-12b1-48db-b86b-671bc74a3f85"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073100"
source_hash: "2bd665d0608a2a045a1b04d46f91c63b075631eeac46d88006cd17cd460a6ee5"
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 1526 (129) — An Act To Increase The Availability Of Foster Homes

## Version chain

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

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0475&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0475&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0475&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Lisa KEIM — primary (person)
- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- Justin CHENETTE — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
- Paul DAVIS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-11** 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
- **2019-04-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-03** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-03** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-03** Committee Amendment "A" (S-178) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-03** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-178). `reading-2`
- **2019-06-03** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2019-06-04** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-04** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-04** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-178).
- **2019-06-04** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-05** On motion by Senator SANBORN, L. of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-19** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2019-06-19** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-20** 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/a349b330-12b1-48db-b86b-671bc74a3f85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).