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IntroducedApr 01, 2025
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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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
legislature • Jan 29, 2026: Voted - Divided Report
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
Actions
- 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
Bill Texts
Documents
- 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

