republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-1544.md

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Bill	An Act To Support Families By Improving The Court Process For Child Protection Cases	An Act To Support Families By Improving The Court Process For Child Protection Cases	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 1544	Maine LD 1544 (132)	bill	ABUSE CHILD PROTECTION CASES PROTECTION ACTIONS	enacted	Donna BAILEY	4	37	0	2025-04-10	2026-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/004c9026-9e28-421d-a125-1f78a41d112c	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098355	c2661b044789ed24f0a050f364f01e42ade98f945fd31c06563e0fa8d9ee3094	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1544 (132) — An Act To Support Families By Improving The Court Process For Child Protection Cases

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (S-328) (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment S-A to C-A (S-683) (committee substitute) — source
3. Chapter 774 (committee substitute) — source
4. LD 1544 SP 628 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Donna BAILEY — primary (person)
• Amy KUHN — cosponsor (person)
• Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
• David SINCLAIR — cosponsor (person)
• Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
• Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
• Michele MEYER — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-04-10 Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2025-04-10 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. referral-committee
• 2025-04-10 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-09 Reports Read
• 2025-06-09 On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
• 2025-06-09 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2025-06-09 Committee Amendment "A" (S-328) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-06-09 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-328) reading-2, reading-3
• 2025-06-09 Sent down for concurrence
• 2025-06-10 Reports READ.
• 2025-06-10 On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2025-06-10 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-06-10 Committee Amendment "A" (S-328) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-06-10 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2025-06-10 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-328). reading-3
• 2025-06-10 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-10 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2025-06-10 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-11 On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence
• 2025-06-25 CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.
• 2026-04-13 On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
• 2026-04-13 On motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-328) in concurrence. reading-3
• 2026-04-13 On further motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-328) was ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-13 On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-683) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-328) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2026-04-13 Committee Amendment "A" (S-328) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-683) thereto ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-13 PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-328) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-683) thereto in NON-CONCURRENCE. reading-3
• 2026-04-13 Sent down for concurrence.
• 2026-04-13 The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-328) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-683) thereto. reading-3
• 2026-04-13 ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-04-13 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2026-04-13 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-04-13 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2026-04-26 Became Law without Governor's Signature became-law
• 2025-04-23T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2025-06-09T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/004c9026-9e28-421d-a125-1f78a41d112c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).