republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/128/ld-1863.md

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Bill	An Act Regarding The Limit On The Number Of Children Who May Be Placed In A Single Foster Home	An Act Regarding The Limit On The Number Of Children Who May Be Placed In A Single Foster Home	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	128	LD 1863	Maine LD 1863 (128)	bill	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FOSTER CARE LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF FOSTER CHIL	enacted	JACKSON	1	17	0	2018-03-15	2018-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/d6ae7d34-a042-44e6-a43d-86ce85219ab2	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280068167	6847545d1fbd1ffbe5377bd465d9f6fa663a4ee93bae643ee45d1d779822dffe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1863 (128) — An Act Regarding The Limit On The Number Of Children Who May Be Placed In A Single Foster Home

Version chain

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

1. Initial Version (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• JACKSON — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-03-15 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
• 2018-03-15 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. referral-committee
• 2018-03-15 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-04-02 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2018-04-02 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2018-04-02 Committee Amendment "A" (S-430) READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2018-04-02 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-430). reading-2
• 2018-04-02 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2018-04-03 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2018-04-03 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2018-04-03 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-430).
• 2018-04-03 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-04-04 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
• 2018-04-04 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2018-04-04 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-04-05 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. passage
• 2018-04-09 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6ae7d34-a042-44e6-a43d-86ce85219ab2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).