LD202 • 2025

An Act to Increase the Number of Children a Child Care Provider May Care for Without Having to Be Licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services

Children

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Senator Marianne Moore
Last action: 2025-05-29
Official status: Signed by the Governor
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Increase the Number of Children a Child Care Provider May Care for Without Having to Be Licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services

An Act to Increase the Number of Children a Child Care Provider May Care for Without Having to Be Licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services Sponsor: Senator Marianne Moore Reference committee: Health and Human Services Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

An Act to Increase the Number of Children a Child Care Provider May Care for Without Having to Be Licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services Sponsor: Senator Marianne Moore Reference committee: Health and Human Services Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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C-A (S-101)

Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0777(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

Page 1 - 132LR0777(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
202 2 Date: (Filing No.
S- ) 3HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
5STATE OF MAINE 6SENATE 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to S.P.

Bill History

2025-05-29 Governor
Signed by the Governor
2025-05-27 House
PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-05-27 Senate
PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.
2025-05-16 Committee
Reported Out; OTP-AM
2025-04-10 Committee
Work Session Held
2025-04-10 Committee
Voted; OTP-AM
2025-03-21 Committee
Work Session Held; TABLED
2025-01-14 Committee
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Increase the Number of Children a Child Care Provider May Care for Without Having to Be Licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services
Sponsor:
Senator Marianne Moore
Reference committee:
Health and Human Services
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR0777(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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S.P. 89 - L.D. 202
An Act to Increase the Number of Children a Child Care Provider May Care
for Without Having to Be Licensed by the Department of Health and Human
Services
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §8301-A, sub-§1-A, ¶C, as amended by PL 2021, c. 35, §17, is
further amended to read:
C. "Family child care provider" means a person who provides day care in that person's
home on a regular basis, for consideration, for 3 4 to 12 children under 13 years of age
who are not the children of the provider or who are not residing in the provider's home.
If a provider is caring for children living in that provider's home and is caring for no
more than 2 3 other children, or 4 other children if at least 2 of the children are siblings,
and no more than 3 of the total number of children in the provider's care are under 2
years of age, the provider is not required to be licensed as a family child care provider.
APPROVED
MAY 29, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
135
PUBLIC LAW