republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/130/ld-1831.md

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Bill	An Act To Improve The Child And Family Court Process	An Act To Improve The Child And Family Court Process	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	130	LD 1831	Maine LD 1831 (130)	bill	COURTS FAMILY DIVISION PROVISIONS REVISED	enacted	Joseph BALDACCI	4	34	1	2021-12-20	2022-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/1f3e6332-dbc6-48d4-9809-4db7b840d1ed	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082200	c3494be9b85ec7a396097fbb8c542fc9ac488adbfad2fac4fdb65aba07454457	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1831 (130) — An Act To Improve The Child And Family Court Process

Version chain

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

1. Adopted Amendments (committee substitute) — source
2. Chaptered Law (committee substitute) — source
3. Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
4. Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Joseph BALDACCI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-12-20 Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 20, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 receipt, referral-committee
• 2022-04-07 Reports READ
• 2022-04-07 On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
• 2022-04-07 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 710 Yeas 32 - Nays 0 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
• 2022-04-07 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2022-04-07 Committee Amendment "A" (S-514) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-07 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-514) reading-2, reading-3
• 2022-04-07 Sent down for concurrence
• 2022-04-07 Reports READ.
• 2022-04-07 On motion of Representative HARNETT of Gardiner, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2022-04-07 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2022-04-07 Committee Amendment "A" (S-514) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2022-04-07 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2022-04-07 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-514). reading-3
• 2022-04-07 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2022-04-11 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2022-04-11 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2022-04-12 On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
• 2022-04-25 On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
• 2022-04-25 On motion by Same Senator Under suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-514) reading-3
• 2022-04-25 On further motion by Same Senator Under further suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-514) was ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-25 On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-629) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-514) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-25 Committee Amendment "A" (S-514) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-629) thereto ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-25 PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-514) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-629) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE reading-3
• 2022-04-25 Sent down for concurrence
• 2022-04-25 The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-514) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-629) thereto. reading-3
• 2022-04-25 ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2022-04-25 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2022-04-25 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2022-04-25 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2022-05-03 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f3e6332-dbc6-48d4-9809-4db7b840d1ed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).