republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-1893.md

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Bill	An Act To Establish An Independent Office Of The Child Advocate	An Act To Establish An Independent Office Of The Child Advocate	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 1893	Maine LD 1893 (132)	bill	CHILD ADVOCATE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SOCIAL SERVICES	enacted	Lori GRAMLICH	3	32	2	2025-05-01	2026-04-16	openstates	ocd-bill/5e78274a-e920-4bbf-a3fd-656ed5030e55	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280099026	89709bc7711832b33d8eed6fc91328a5c51e4917fe7c43d36f3e7b2fc5120f87	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1893 (132) — An Act To Establish An Independent Office Of The Child Advocate

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (H-993) (committee substitute) — source
2. Chapter 724 (committee substitute) — source
3. LD 1893 HP 1264 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACCEPT REPORT — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• acc otp-am report — 148–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lori GRAMLICH — primary (person)
• Adam LEE — cosponsor (person)
• Amy ARATA — cosponsor (person)
• Cameron RENY — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel SAYRE — cosponsor (person)
• Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
• Kristi MATHIESON — cosponsor (person)
• Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
• Nina MILLIKEN — cosponsor (person)
• Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-05-01 Received by the Clerk of the House on May 1, 2025. receipt
• 2025-05-01 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. referral-committee
• 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.
• 2026-04-08 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2026-04-08 On OBJECTION of Representative MEYER of Eliot REMOVED.
• 2026-04-08 The Committee Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2026-04-08 ROLL CALL NO. 758
• 2026-04-08 (Yeas 148 - Nays 0 - Absent 2 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
• 2026-04-08 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2026-04-08 Committee Amendment "A" (H-993) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2026-04-08 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2026-04-08 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-993) reading-3
• 2026-04-08 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-04-08 Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence.
• 2026-04-08 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 909 Yeas 35 - Nays 0 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
• 2026-04-08 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2026-04-08 Committee Amendment "A" (H-993) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2026-04-08 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-993), in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2026-04-08 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2026-04-09 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2026-04-09 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-04-09 On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2026-04-14 On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
• 2026-04-14 Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. passage
• 2026-04-16 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2025-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Requested
• 2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Approved
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5e78274a-e920-4bbf-a3fd-656ed5030e55. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).