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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Set Case Load Standards For The Office Of Child And Family Services"
description: "An Act To Set Case Load Standards For The Office Of Child And Family Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 821"
citation: "Maine LD 821 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND FAMILIES", "PROTECTIVE SERVICES (CHILD)", "CASE LOAD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Colleen MADIGAN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee5da749-236f-4f87-8bae-30bcf585ee89"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071850"
source_hash: "0867e805d36330b9b542def4ac5926b63c415da4ec6bb52f32937a997d0e73b8"
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 821 (129) — An Act To Set Case Load Standards For The Office Of Child And Family Services
## 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=HP0595&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0595&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0595&item=3&snum=129)
## Sponsors
- Colleen MADIGAN — primary (person)
- Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Betty AUSTIN — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Dale DENNO — cosponsor (person)
- Donna DOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Janice DODGE — cosponsor (person)
- Michele MEYER — cosponsor (person)
- Shenna BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-14** Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-02-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-02-19** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-07** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-209).
- **2019-05-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-08** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-05-08** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Committee Amendment "A" (H-209) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-209), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-05-09** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-05-09** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-09** FINALLY PASSED - Emergency 2/3 Elected Required `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee5da749-236f-4f87-8bae-30bcf585ee89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).