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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Enable Confirmatory Adoption"
description: "An Act To Enable Confirmatory Adoption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1906"
citation: "Maine LD 1906 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION ASSISTANCE", "CHILDREN AND FAMILIES", "CONFIRMATORY ADOPTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew MOONEN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-05-09"
last_action: "2023-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0ad9de8-cef8-4993-9b26-21c0d258082b"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280089260"
source_hash: "5532adac9b38a7955de2c5ed1a9337dda66abb84e728595b67d03703ab4b4c3b"
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 1906 (131) — An Act To Enable Confirmatory Adoption
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1221&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1221&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1221&item=3&snum=131)
## Sponsors
- Matthew MOONEN — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-05-09** Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-05-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-20** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-20** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-20** Committee Amendment "A" (H-602) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-20** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-20** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-602). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-21** Reports READ
- **2023-06-21** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-06-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-21** Committee Amendment "A" (H-602) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-602) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-28** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+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/e0ad9de8-cef8-4993-9b26-21c0d258082b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).