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LD1428 • 2025

An Act to Increase Access to Child Care for Maine Families

An Act to Increase Access to Child Care for Maine Families

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Speaker Ryan Fecteau
Last action
2025-06-12
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Increase Access to Child Care for Maine Families

An Act to Increase Access to Child Care for Maine Families Sponsor: Speaker Ryan Fecteau Reference committee: Health and Human Services Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Increase Access to Child Care for Maine Families Sponsor: Speaker Ryan Fecteau Reference committee: Health and Human Services Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1471(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1471(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1428 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-12 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-09 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-06-09 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-06-04 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-05-22 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-05-22 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-04-08 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Increase Access to Child Care for Maine Families
Sponsor:
Speaker Ryan Fecteau
Reference committee:
Health and Human Services
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR1471(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 937 - L.D. 1428
An Act to Increase Access to Child Care for Maine Families
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §8302-A, sub-§4 is enacted to read:
4. Recreational space. A child care facility or a family child care provider may
operate without an outdoor recreational space as long as an outside public recreational
space is available within a reasonable distance from the facility or provider.
Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §4364-D is enacted to read:
§4364-D. Child care services in residential areas
1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the
following terms have the following meanings.
A. "Child care facility" has the same meaning as in Title 22, section 8301-A,
subsection 1-A, paragraph B.
B. "Family child care provider" has the same meaning as in Title 22, section 8301-A,
subsection 1-A, paragraph C.
2. Location of child care. A child care facility or a family child care provider is a
permitted use in a municipal area that is zoned for residential purposes, subject to the same
requirements for other residential property.
APPROVED
JUNE 12, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
288
PUBLIC LAW