Maine 130th Legislature (2021-2022) Status: To Executive Bipartisan · 4 D · 2 R cosponsors

LD 1652 — An Act To Build A Child Care System By Recruiting And Retaining Maine'S Early Childhood Educators Workforce

Last action — In possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 130th Legislature (2021-2022). It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. In possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)

  2. On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  3. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. (Yeas 130 - Nays 0 - Absent 17 - Excused 0 - Vacant 4)

  5. ROLL CALL NO. 511

  6. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  7. Ordered sent down forthwith.

  8. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "B" (H-855), in concurrence.

  9. Committee Amendment "B" (H-855) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence.

  10. READ ONCE.

  11. Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.

  12. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  13. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "B" (H-855).

  14. Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.

  15. CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY

  16. Reported Out - OTP-AM

  17. Voted - OTP-AM

  18. Work Session Held

  19. Referred To - IDEA

  20. On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc Bill and accompanying papers COMMITTED to the Committee on Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business in concurrence

  21. Reports READ

  22. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  23. On motion of Representative DUNPHY of Old Town the Bill and accompanying papers were COMMITTED to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS.

  24. Speaker laid before the House

  25. Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1302.

  26. Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1302.

  27. Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

  28. Later today assigned.

  29. On motion of Representative ROBERTS of South Berwick, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.

  30. Reports READ.

  31. Work Session Held

  32. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.

  33. Received by the Clerk of the House on May 3, 2021.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 178 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (7)

Not signed on (178)

178 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Enactment

Passed 130 Yea · 0 Nay · 17 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 650012
Republican 32002
Democrat 31003
Unenrolled 1000
Independent 1000
Total 1300017
% of votes cast 88%0%0%12%
How each member voted (147)
Member Party Vote
ALLEY of Beals — Yea
ANDREWS of Paris — Not Voting
AUSTIN of Gray — Yea
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Yea
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Yea
BLUME of York — Not Voting
BOYLE of Gorham — Yea
BROOKS of Lewiston — Not Voting
BRYANT of Windham — Yea
CAIAZZO of Scarborough — Not Voting
CARDONE of Bangor — Yea
CARMICHAEL of Greenbush — Not Voting
CEBRA of Naples — Yea
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Yea
COLLINGS of Portland — Yea
CONNOR of Lewiston — Yea
COREY of Windham — Not Voting
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Yea
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Yea
CUDDY of Winterport — Yea
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Yea
DOLLOFF of Milton Township — Yea
DOWNES of Bucksport — Yea
DUNPHY of Old Town — Yea
EVANGELOS of Friendship — Yea
EVANS of Dover-Foxcroft — Yea
FAY of Raymond — Yea
GRIGNON of Athens — Not Voting
HANLEY of Pittston — Yea
HARNETT of Gardiner — Yea
HEAD of Bethel — Yea
HUTCHINS of Penobscot — Yea
HYMANSON of York — Yea
JAVNER of Chester — Yea
KINNEY of Knox — Yea
LANDRY of Farmington — Yea
LAROCHELLE of Augusta — Yea
LIBBY of Auburn — Yea
LYFORD of Eddington — Yea
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Yea
McDONALD of Stonington — Not Voting
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Yea
MILLETT of Waterford — Yea
MILLETT of Cape Elizabeth — Yea
MORALES of South Portland — Yea
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Yea
NADEAU of Winslow — Yea
NEWMAN of Belgrade — Yea
O'CONNELL of Brewer — Yea
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Yea
O'NEIL of Saco — Yea
ORDWAY of Standish — Yea
PAULHUS of Bath — Not Voting
PEBWORTH of Blue Hill — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PERRY of Bangor — Not Voting
PICKETT of Dixfield — Yea
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Yea
RECKITT of South Portland — Yea
RISEMAN of Harrison — Yea
ROCHE of Wells — Yea
SAMPSON of Alfred — Yea
SHARPE of Durham — Not Voting
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Yea
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Yea
STANLEY of Medway — Yea
STEARNS of Guilford — Yea
STETKIS of Canaan — Not Voting
SYLVESTER of Portland — Yea
TUCKER of Brunswick — Yea
WHITE of Waterville — Yea
WHITE of Mars Hill — Yea
WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor — Yea
WOOD of Portland — Yea
ZEIGLER of Montville — Yea
Allison Hepler Democrat Yea
Amy Roeder Democrat Yea
Ann Matlack Democrat Yea
Arthur Bell Democrat Yea
Christopher Kessler Democrat Yea
Denise Tepler Democrat Yea
Grayson Lookner Democrat Yea
Holly Stover Democrat Yea
Janice Dodge Democrat Yea
Kristi Mathieson Democrat Yea
Laura Supica Democrat Yea
Laurie Osher Democrat Yea
Lori Gramlich Democrat Not Voting
Lydia Crafts Democrat Yea
Lynn Copeland Democrat Not Voting
Melanie Sachs Democrat Yea
Michael Brennan Democrat Yea
Michele Meyer Democrat Yea
Morgan Rielly Democrat Yea
Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat Not Voting
Parnell Terry Democrat Yea
Poppy Arford Democrat Yea
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Yea
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Samuel Zager Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Suzanne Salisbury Democrat Yea
Tavis Hasenfus Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Yea
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Yea
Traci Gere Democrat Yea
Valli Geiger Democrat Yea
Victoria Doudera Democrat Yea
William Pluecker Independent Yea
Abigail Griffin Republican Yea
Amanda Collamore Republican Yea
Amy Arata Republican Yea
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Not Voting
Bruce Bickford Republican Yea
Chad Perkins Republican Yea
David G. Haggan Republican Yea
Gary Drinkwater Republican Yea
Irene Gifford Republican Yea
James Thorne Republican Yea
Jennifer Poirier Republican Yea
John Ducharme Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph Underwood Republican Yea
Joshua Morris Republican Yea
Mark Blier Republican Yea
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Yea
Michael Lemelin Republican Yea
Nancy Theriault Republican Yea
Nathan Carlow Republican Yea
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Yea
Randall Greenwood Republican Yea
Randall Hall Republican Yea
Richard Mason Republican Yea
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Yea
Sheila Lyman Republican Yea
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Not Voting
Steven Foster Republican Yea
Susan Bernard Republican Yea
Tracy Quint Republican Yea
Wayne Parry Republican Yea
William Tuell Republican Yea
W. Crockett Unenrolled Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 1652?
LD 1652 is sponsored by Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III (Republican), Tiffany Roberts (Democrat), Rebecca MILLETT, Genevieve McDONALD, Tavis Hasenfus (Democrat), Matthea E.L. Daughtry (Democrat), Ryan Fecteau (Democrat), and Caldwell Jackson (Republican).
What is the current status of LD 1652?
This bill died with 130th Legislature (2021-2022). It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track LD 1652?
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