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Maine · 132nd Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

LD 1544: An Act To Support Families By Improving The Court Process For Child Protection Cases

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

LD 1544 is a bill introduced in the Maine Senate on April 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act To Support Families By Improving The Court Process For Child Protection Cases. Primary sponsor: Donna Bailey (Democratic). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 26, 2026): Became Law without Governor's Signature.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Donna BaileyPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate31
Anne CarneyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate29
Amy KuhnCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse111
Michele MeyerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse150
Marianne MooreCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
David SinclairCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse50
Holly StoverCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse48

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Became Law without Governor's Signature
  2. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
  3. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  4. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
  5. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  6. The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-328) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-683) thereto.
  7. Sent down for concurrence.
  8. PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-328) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-683) thereto in NON-CONCURRENCE.
  9. Committee Amendment "A" (S-328) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-683) thereto ADOPTED.
  10. On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-683) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-328) READ and ADOPTED.
  11. On further motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-328) was ADOPTED.
  12. On motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-328) in concurrence.

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Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source