republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-1970.md

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Bill	An Act To Enact The Maine Indian Child Welfare Act	An Act To Enact The Maine Indian Child Welfare Act	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 1970	Maine LD 1970 (131)	bill	CHILD WELFARE ACT NATIVE AMERICANS WABANAKI PEOPLE	enacted	Donna BAILEY	3	22	1	2023-05-18	2023-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/82697411-102f-4f7d-94e0-329ebbb9bc49	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280089647	29038417a874151607137edfa11abfd96ddad659c97fbbd3b0a52cb54f30bc1b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1970 (131) — An Act To Enact The Maine Indian Child Welfare Act

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• ENACT-EMER 2/3 ELECT — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Donna BAILEY — primary (person)
• Aaron DANA — cosponsor (person)
• Adam LEE — cosponsor (person)
• Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
• Ambureen RANA — cosponsor (person)
• Amy KUHN — cosponsor (person)
• Amy ROEDER — cosponsor (person)
• Ann MATLACK — cosponsor (person)
• Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
• Anne GRAHAM — cosponsor (person)
• Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
• Benjamin CHIPMAN — cosponsor (person)
• Benjamin COLLINGS — cosponsor (person)
• Billy Bob FAULKINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
• Bruce WHITE — cosponsor (person)
• Cameron RENY — cosponsor (person)
• Charles SKOLD — cosponsor (person)
• Colleen MADIGAN — cosponsor (person)
• Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel ANKELES — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel SHAGOURY — cosponsor (person)
• Deqa DHALAC — cosponsor (person)
• Drew GATTINE — cosponsor (person)
• Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
• Eric BRAKEY — cosponsor (person)
• Erin SHEEHAN — cosponsor (person)
• Glenn CURRY — cosponsor (person)
• Holly EATON — cosponsor (person)
• Holly SARGENT — cosponsor (person)
• Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
• James DILL — cosponsor (person)
• Jane PRINGLE — cosponsor (person)
• Jessica FAY — cosponsor (person)
• Jill DUSON — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy SHAW — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly MURPHY — cosponsor (person)
• Kristen CLOUTIER — cosponsor (person)
• Laurie OSHER — cosponsor (person)
• Lori GRAMLICH — cosponsor (person)
• Lucas LANIGAN — cosponsor (person)
• Lydia CRAFTS — cosponsor (person)
• Lynn COPELAND — cosponsor (person)
• Lynne WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)
• Mana ABDI — cosponsor (person)
• Marc MALON — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret CRAVEN — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret ROTUNDO — cosponsor (person)
• Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
• Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
• Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
• Maureen TERRY — cosponsor (person)
• Melanie SACHS — cosponsor (person)
• Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
• Michele MEYER — cosponsor (person)
• Morgan RIELLY — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)
• Nina MILLIKEN — cosponsor (person)
• Poppy ARFORD — cosponsor (person)
• Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
• Rebecca JAUCH — cosponsor (person)
• Rebecca MILLETT — cosponsor (person)
• Sally CLUCHEY — cosponsor (person)
• Samuel ZAGER — cosponsor (person)
• Sean PAULHUS — cosponsor (person)
• Sophia WARREN — cosponsor (person)
• Stacy BRENNER — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen MORIARTY — cosponsor (person)
• Suzanne SALISBURY — cosponsor (person)
• Tavis HASENFUS — cosponsor (person)
• Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)
• Traci GERE — cosponsor (person)
• Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
• Victoria DOUDERA — cosponsor (person)
• William PLUECKER — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-18 Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2023-05-23 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. referral-committee
• 2023-05-23 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-21 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2023-06-21 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2023-06-21 Committee Amendment "A" (S-413) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2023-06-21 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-413). reading-2, reading-3
• 2023-06-21 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2023-06-22 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2023-06-22 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2023-06-22 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-413). reading-3
• 2023-06-22 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-22 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
• 2023-06-22 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2023-06-22 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-22 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. passage
• 2023-06-22 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 446 Yeas 32 - Nays 0 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
• 2023-06-22 Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required in concurrence passage
• 2023-06-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/82697411-102f-4f7d-94e0-329ebbb9bc49. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).