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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 • Apr 29, 2026: Died On Adjournment
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
- Apr 29, 2026 | Senate
- Died in Possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES. (DEAD)
- Died On Adjournment
- 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

