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Bill	An Act To Increase Access To Child Care	An Act To Increase Access To Child Care	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	128	LD 383	Maine LD 383 (128)	bill	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE	enacted	MILLETT	1	24	2	2017-02-02	2018-04-18	openstates	ocd-bill/97254683-5d09-46e1-9723-6b3b95c3d528	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280062995	ae94db2a2e268c2aae8c470e88ca1bb14f6cd21c176679af2eed79c8cddaccd4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 383 (128) — An Act To Increase Access To Child Care

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 — 33–2 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration - Veto — 136–12 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• MILLETT — primary (person)
• BREEN — cosponsor (person)
• CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
• DIAMOND — cosponsor (person)
• HAMANN — cosponsor (person)
• HILL — cosponsor (person)
• JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
• LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
• VITELLI — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-02 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
• 2017-02-02 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. referral-committee
• 2017-02-02 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-08-02 CARRIED OVER to any Special or Regular Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1138.
• 2017-08-02 Carried over to any special or regular session, or both, of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1138.
• 2018-03-27 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2018-03-27 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2018-03-27 Committee Amendment "A" (S-408) READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2018-03-27 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-408). reading-2
• 2018-03-27 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2018-03-28 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2018-03-28 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2018-03-28 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-408).
• 2018-03-28 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-04-02 FINALLY PASSED. passage
• 2018-04-02 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-04-03 FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. passage
• 2018-04-17 LD 383 In Senate, April 17, 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?" 33 IN FAVOR and 2 AGAINST, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill become law and the VETO was OVERRIDDEN. veto-override-passage
• 2018-04-17 Sent down for concurrence
• 2018-04-18 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?"
• 2018-04-18 ROLL CALL NO. 623V
• 2018-04-18 136 having voted in the affirmative and 12 in the negative, with 3 being absent, and accordingly it was the vote of the House that the Bill become law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor, since a majority of the members elected to the House so voted.
• 2018-04-18 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-04-18 Sent to the Engrossing Department. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/97254683-5d09-46e1-9723-6b3b95c3d528. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).