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IntroducedApr 01, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 03, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 10, 2026
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Became Law
Maine Senate Bill
SP 554, An Act To Support And Sustain Maine's Child Care Workforce
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 17, 2026: On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE in concurrence.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on LD 1414
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 8
- Henry Ingwersen
- Michele Meyer
- Flavia DeBrito
- Anne Graham
- Julie McCabe
- Tim Nangle
- Daniel Shagoury
- Sam Zager
NO: 4
- Lucien Daigle
- Abigail Griffin
- Michael Lemelin
- Marianne Moore
OTHER: 0
YES: 72
- ABDI
- ANKELES
- ARCHER
- ARFORD
- BECK
- BELL
- BOYER
- BRENNAN
- BRIDGEO
- BUNKER
- CLUCHEY
- CRAFTS
- CROCKETT
- DEBRITO
- DHALAC
- DILL
- DODGE
- DOUDERA
- EATON
- FAIRCLOTH
- FARRIN
- FECTEAU
- FRIEDMANN
- FROST
- GATTINE
- GEIGER
- GERE
- GOLEK
- GRAHAM
- GRAMLICH
- HARRIMAN
- HASENFUS
- HEPLER
- JULIA
- KESSLER
- KUHN
- LAJOIE
- LEE
- LOOKNER
- MACIAS
- MALON
- MASTRACCIO
- MATHIESON
- MATLACK
- MCCABE
- MEYER
- MILLIKEN
- MITCHELL
- MONTELL
- MOONEN
- MURPHY
- O'HALLORAN
- OSHER
- PUGH
- RANA
- RAY
- RIELLY
- ROLLINS
- RUNTE
- SACHS
- SALISBURY
- SARGENT
- SATO
- SAYRE
- SHAGOURY
- SINCLAIR
- SKOLD
- STOVER
- SUPICA
- WEBB
- YUSUF
- ZAGER
NO: 65
- ALBERT
- ARATA
- ARDELL
- BABIN
- BAGSHAW
- BISHOP
- BLIER
- CAMPBELL
- CARLOW
- CARUSO
- CHAPMAN
- CIMINO
- COLLAMORE
- COLLINS
- COOPER
- CRAY
- DAIGLE
- DRINKWATER
- DUCHARME
- EDER
- FAULKINGHAM
- FLYNN
- FOLEY
- FOSTER
- FREDERICKS
- FREDETTE
- GIFFORD
- GREENWOOD
- GUERRETTE
- HAGGAN
- HALL
- HENDERSON
- HYMES
- LANCE
- LAVIGNE
- LEMELIN
- MASON
- MCINTYRE
- MINGO
- MORRIS
- NUTTING
- OLSEN
- PARRY
- PAUL
- PERKINS
- POIRIER
- POMERLEAU
- QUINT
- RUDNICKI
- SCHMERSAL-BURGESS
- SIMMONS
- SMITH
- SOBOLESKI
- STROUT
- SWALLOW
- THORNE
- TUELL
- UNDERWOOD
- WADSWORTH
- WALKER
- James Lee White
- WHITE
- WOOD
- WOODSOME
EXCUSED: 1
Actions
- Mar 17, 2026 | Senate
- On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE in concurrence.
- Mar 12, 2026 | House
- FINALLY PASSED.
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Mar 10, 2026 | House
- Reports READ.
- On motion of Representative MEYER of Eliot, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- ROLL CALL NO. 639
- (Yeas 72 - Nays 65 - Absent 12 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)
- The Bill was READ ONCE.
- Committee Amendment "A" (S-518) was READ and ADOPTED.
- Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-518).
- In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Mar 05, 2026 | Senate
- COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-518)
- Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- Mar 03, 2026 | Senate
- Reports READ.
- On motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York the Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 728 Yeas 34 - Nays 0 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- Bill READ ONCE.
- Committee Amendment "A" (S-518) READ and ADOPTED.
- ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- Feb 26, 2026 | legislature
- Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
- Jan 29, 2026 | legislature
- Work Session (Cross Building, Room 209)
- Work Session Held
- Voted - Divided Report
- Jan 21, 2026 | legislature
- Public Hearing (Cross Building, Room 209)
- Jun 25, 2025 | Senate
- CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.
- May 19, 2025 | legislature
- Carry Over Approved
- May 16, 2025 | legislature
- Carry Over Requested
- May 15, 2025 | legislature
- Work Session (Cross Building, Room 209)
- Work Session Held - TABLED
- Apr 01, 2025 | House
- The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
- In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Apr 01, 2025 | Senate
- Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
Documents
- Fiscal Note for Amendment C-A (S-518) (Adopted by House & Senate)HTML
- Fiscal Note for Amendment C-A (S-518) (Adopted by House & Senate)PDF
- Fiscal StatusHTML
- Fiscal StatusPDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Colleen Brown (Whiting)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Caelyn Callahan (Westbrook)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Meghann Carrasco (Gorham, ME)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Sharoan Cohen (Peaks Island)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Mattie Daughtry (Brunswick)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Mattie Daughtry (Maine State Legislature)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Madeleine DesFosses (Maine Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics )PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Victoria Forkus (MeCAP)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Rita Furlow (Maine Children's Alliance)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Anne Gass (Gray)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Kaitie Gilmour (Houlton )PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Adam Goode (Maine AFL-CIO)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Bill Hager (Catholic Charities Maine)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Melissa Harding (Jackson)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Amanda Hartman (Maine State Parent Ambassadors Alumni)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Amanda Hartman (Maine State Parent Ambassadors Alumni)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Elinor Higgins (Department of the Secretary of State)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Destie Hohman Sprague (Maine Women's Lobby)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Henry Ingwersen (Maine State Legislature)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Charlotte Jacobs (Maine People's Alliance)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Bobbi Johnson (Department of Health and Human Services)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Laura Larson (Brunswick)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Heather Marden (Maine Association for the Education of Young Children)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Clara McConnell (YMCA Alliance of Northern New England)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Jennifer Michaud (Sanford)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Chantel Pettengill (Pettengill Academy)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Maura Pillsbury (Maine Center for Economic Policy)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Karalee Rochon (North Yarmouth )PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Kim Russell (ReadyNation)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Tetiana Soborna (South Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by April Tardiff (Old Orchard Beach)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Jackie Thibodeau (Madison)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Jennifer Vachon (Bangor)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Kim Watson (Warren)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Sam Zuckerman (Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous, and Tribal Populations)PDF
Sources
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ld=1414&SessionID=16
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280097915
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/subjects.asp?ID=280097915
- https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=1414&PID=1456&snum=132
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097915

