LD 1414 Maine Senate · 132nd Legislature (2025-2026)

An Act To Support And Sustain Maine'S Child Care Workforce

The provided context for LD 1414 only identifies it as a concept draft to update laws supporting Maine's child care workforce, without specifying concrete provisions, mechanisms, or affected parties. The bill text lacks details on funding, training requirements, wage adjustments, or eligibility criteria that would define how it would support the workforce. Without these specifics, a substantive summary of the bill's policy changes or direct impacts cannot be generated from the available information. The generic description in the summary section does not meet the requirement for detailing key mechanisms or affected groups.
Bill status died 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Governor
Introduced Apr 1, 2025 Last action Apr 29, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Mar 3, 2026 · House Mar 10, 2026

How they voted

270
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 28
Mar 3, 2026
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
I Independent1
1 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican9
8 Yea 1
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
34
Key actions
9
Committee
7
Mar 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
FINALLY PASSED.
lower
Mar 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee Amendment "A" (S-518) was READ and ADOPTED.
lower
Mar 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
On motion of Representative MEYER of Eliot, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
lower
Mar 10, 2026
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (62-60-12)
house
Mar 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee Amendment "A" (S-518) READ and ADOPTED.
upper
Mar 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
On motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York the Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED.
upper
Mar 3, 2026
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (27-0-1)
senate
Feb 26, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
legislature
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
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
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Mattie Daughtry
Mattie Daughtry
DDemocratic
ME
23