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IntroducedDec 15, 2025
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Passed SenateFeb 26, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 05, 2026
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Became Law
Maine Senate Bill
SP 855, An Act To Establish The Child Care Employment Award
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 12, 2026: On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on LD 2066
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors



- Ryan Fecteaucosponsor
- Marianne Moorecosponsor
- Timothy Nanglecosponsor
- Margaret Rotundocosponsor
Votes
YES: 12
- Henry Ingwersen
- Michele Meyer
- Flavia DeBrito
- Anne Graham
- Julie McCabe
- Tim Nangle
- Daniel Shagoury
- Sam Zager
- Lucien Daigle
- Abigail Griffin
- Michael Lemelin
- Marianne Moore
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
YES: 72
- ABDI
- ANKELES
- ARCHER
- ARFORD
- BECK
- BELL
- BOYER
- BRENNAN
- BRIDGEO
- BUNKER
- CLUCHEY
- COPELAND
- CRAFTS
- CROCKETT
- DEBRITO
- DHALAC
- DILL
- DODGE
- DOUDERA
- EATON
- FAIRCLOTH
- FARRIN
- FECTEAU
- FRIEDMANN
- FROST
- GATTINE
- GEIGER
- GERE
- GOLEK
- GRAHAM
- GRAMLICH
- HARRIMAN
- HASENFUS
- HEPLER
- KESSLER
- KUHN
- LAJOIE
- LEE
- LOOKNER
- MACIAS
- MALON
- MASTRACCIO
- MATHIESON
- MATLACK
- MCCABE
- MEYER
- MILLIKEN
- MITCHELL
- MONTELL
- MOONEN
- MURPHY
- O'HALLORAN
- OSHER
- PLUECKER
- PUGH
- RANA
- RAY
- RIELLY
- ROEDER
- ROLLINS
- RUNTE
- SACHS
- SALISBURY
- SARGENT
- SATO
- SAYRE
- SHAGOURY
- SINCLAIR
- STOVER
- TERRY
- WEBB
- ZAGER
NO: 68
- ADAMS
- 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
- JACKSON
- LANCE
- LAVIGNE
- LEMELIN
- LIBBY
- LYMAN
- MASON
- MCINTYRE
- MINGO
- MORRIS
- NUTTING
- OLSEN
- PARRY
- PAUL
- POIRIER
- POMERLEAU
- QUINT
- RUDNICKI
- SCHMERSAL-BURGESS
- SIMMONS
- SMITH
- SOBOLESKI
- STROUT
- SWALLOW
- THORNE
- TUELL
- UNDERWOOD
- WADSWORTH
- WALKER
- James Lee White
- WHITE
- WOOD
EXCUSED: 1
Actions
- Mar 12, 2026 | Senate
- On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence.
- Mar 10, 2026 | House
- PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Mar 05, 2026 | House
- Reports READ.
- On motion of Representative MEYER of Eliot, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- ROLL CALL NO. 635
- (Yeas 72 - Nays 68 - Absent 9 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)
- The Bill was READ ONCE.
- Committee Amendment "A" (S-513) 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-513).
- In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Mar 03, 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-513)
- Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Reports READ.
- On motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York the Majority OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED BY COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" (S-513) Report ACCEPTED.
- Bill READ ONCE.
- Committee Amendment "A" (S-513) READ and ADOPTED.
- ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- Feb 24, 2026 | legislature
- Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM
- 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)
- Dec 15, 2025 | Senate
- Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 15, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2
Documents
- Fiscal Note for Amendment C-A (S-513) (Adopted by House & Senate)HTML
- Fiscal Note for Amendment C-A (S-513) (Adopted by House & Senate)PDF
- Fiscal Note for Amendment C-B (S-514) ()HTML
- Fiscal Note for Amendment C-B (S-514) ()PDF
- Fiscal StatusHTML
- Fiscal StatusPDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Caelyn Callahan (Minot)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Meghann Carrasco (Gorham)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 Victoria Forkus (MeCAP)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Brittany Foss (plymouth)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 of Maine)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Melissa Harding (Maine State Parent Ambassadors)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 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 (N/A)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by David Motel (Waterville)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 Jennifer Szantyr (Oxford SACC)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by April Tardiff (Old Orchard Beach)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=2066&SessionID=16
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280100984
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/subjects.asp?ID=280100984
- https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=2066&PID=1456&snum=132
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280100984
