republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/128/ld-1771.md

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Bill	An Act To Stabilize Vulnerable Families	An Act To Stabilize Vulnerable Families	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	128	LD 1771	Maine LD 1771 (128)	bill	HOMELESS PERSONS ACCESS TO SERVICES HOUSING SUPPORT SERVICES	enacted	VOLK	1	22	2	2018-01-03	2018-05-02	openstates	ocd-bill/1d51e4f8-6105-4cac-8f41-2dd7ccb57d1a	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280067290	0a2f1d1bf2ef793f7540e82133534a42727423ac35e2f559487c69975d460452	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1771 (128) — An Act To Stabilize Vulnerable Families

Version chain

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

1. Initial Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reconsideration - Veto — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration - Veto — 148–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• VOLK — primary (person)
• BREEN — cosponsor (person)
• ESPLING — cosponsor (person)
• GIDEON — cosponsor (person)
• HERBIG — cosponsor (person)
• JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
• KEIM — cosponsor (person)
• THIBODEAU — cosponsor (person)
• VACHON — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-03 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
• 2018-01-09 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. referral-committee
• 2018-01-09 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-04-11 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2018-04-11 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2018-04-11 Committee Amendment "A" (S-449) READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2018-04-11 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-449). reading-2
• 2018-04-11 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2018-04-11 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2018-04-11 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2018-04-11 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-449).
• 2018-04-11 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-04-12 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2018-04-12 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-04-13 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2018-05-02 LD 1771 In Senate, May 2, 2018, this Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 34 IN FAVOR and 0 AGAINST, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill become law and the VETO was OVERRIDDEN. veto-override-passage
• 2018-05-02 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2018-05-02 This Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to Article IV, Part Third, Section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the House proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?"
• 2018-05-02 ROLL CALL NO. 658V
• 2018-05-02 148 having voted in the affirmative and 0 in the negative, with 3 being absent, and accordingly it was the vote of the House that the Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor, since two-thirds of the members of the House so voted.
• 2018-05-02 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-05-02 Sent to the Engrossing Department. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1d51e4f8-6105-4cac-8f41-2dd7ccb57d1a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).