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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Update Certain Laws Regarding Extended Care And Adoption"
description: "An Act To Update Certain Laws Regarding Extended Care And Adoption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 122"
citation: "Maine LD 122 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND FAMILIES", "FOSTER CARE", "SUBSTITUTE", "EXTENDED", "ADOPTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne CARNEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/208b635f-dda8-47df-a1b4-851a4947c4c1"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095554"
source_hash: "35db3dddf615e0dd954896f030f87750d5bd1b9c7fecf73c8da4882f4e962030"
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 122 (132) — An Act To Update Certain Laws Regarding Extended Care And Adoption
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment C-A (S-259)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0043&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 272** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0043&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 122 SP 43** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0043&item=1&snum=132)
## Votes
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **340** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Anne CARNEY — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-08** Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-01-08** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-06-04** Reports READ
- **2025-06-04** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
- **2025-06-04** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 348 Yeas 34 - Nays 0 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-04** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-04** Committee Amendment "A" (S-259) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-04** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-259) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** Sent down for concurrence
- **2025-06-05** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-05** On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-05** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-259) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-05** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-259). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-05** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-06-03T04:00:00+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/208b635f-dda8-47df-a1b4-851a4947c4c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).