---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Support Families By Improving The Court Process For Child Protection Cases"
description: "An Act To Support Families By Improving The Court Process For Child Protection Cases"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1544"
citation: "Maine LD 1544 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABUSE", "CHILD PROTECTION CASES", "PROTECTION ACTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna BAILEY"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-10"
last_action: "2026-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/004c9026-9e28-421d-a125-1f78a41d112c"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098355"
source_hash: "c2661b044789ed24f0a050f364f01e42ade98f945fd31c06563e0fa8d9ee3094"
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 1544 (132) — An Act To Support Families By Improving The Court Process For Child Protection Cases

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-328)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0628&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment S-A to C-A (S-683)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0628&item=4&snum=132)
3. **Chapter 774** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0628&item=5&snum=132)
4. **LD 1544 SP 628** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0628&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Donna BAILEY — primary (person)
- Amy KUHN — cosponsor (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- David SINCLAIR — cosponsor (person)
- Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Michele MEYER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-10** Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-04-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-09** Reports Read
- **2025-06-09** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-09** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-06-09** Committee Amendment "A" (S-328) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-09** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-328) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-09** Sent down for concurrence
- **2025-06-10** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-10** On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-10** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-10** Committee Amendment "A" (S-328) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-10** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-10** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-328). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-11** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence
- **2025-06-25** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.
- **2026-04-13** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
- **2026-04-13** On motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-328) in concurrence. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** On further motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-328) was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-683) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-328) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-328) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-683) thereto ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-328) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-683) thereto in NON-CONCURRENCE. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** Sent down for concurrence.
- **2026-04-13** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-328) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-683) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-04-26** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
- **2025-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/004c9026-9e28-421d-a125-1f78a41d112c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).