LD1955 - Child Care

(2026)

An Act to Increase Child Care Affordability and Early Childhood Educator Stability in Maine

LD1955 bill text

Maine AFL-CIO Supported

What is the bill?

For thousands of working families, finding quality, affordable child care is a constant struggle. The cost is sky high, and there aren’t enough slots to go around. As a result, working parents struggle to pay their bills, have to cut back on hours, and juggle work and home responsibilities. The Child Care Affordability Program supports working families afford childcare. Since 2024, working people eligible for the program have been put on a waitlist for child care subsidies. LD 1955 eliminated the waitlist and allowed hard-working families to get much-needed help paying for the child care they desperately need.

What happened?

Passed the House and Senate, $10 Million funded in LD 2212

Votes

House

77 Pro-labor 65 Anti-labor

Rep. Kristi Michele Mathieson

District 151 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Michele Meyer

District 150 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Tiffany Roberts

District 149 - Democrat

Absent

Rep. Thomas A. Lavigne

District 148 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Holly T. Sargent

District 147 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Walter Gerard Runte, Jr.

District 146 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Robert A. Foley

District 145 - Republican

Pro-labor

Rep. Jeffrey Sean Adams

District 144 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Ann Fredericks

District 143 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Anne-Marie Mastraccio

District 142 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Lucas John Lanigan

District 141 - Republican

Excused

Rep. Wayne R. Parry

District 140 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. David Woodsome

District 139 - Republican

Absent

Rep. Mark John Blier

District 138 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Nathan M. Carlow

District 137 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. John Eder

District 136 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Daniel Sayre

District 135 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Traci Gere

District 134 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Marc G. Malon, II

District 133 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Ryan D. Fecteau

District 132 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Lori K. Gramlich

District 131 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Lynn H. Copeland

District 130 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Marshall F. Archer

District 129 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Suzanne M. Salisbury

District 128 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Morgan J. Rielly

District 127 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Drew Gattine

District 126 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Kelly Noonan Murphy

District 125 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Sophia B. Warren

District 124 - Democrat

Excused

Rep. Michelle Nicole Boyer

District 123 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Matthew Beck

District 122 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Christopher J. Kessler

District 121 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Deqa Dhalac

District 120 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Charles A. Skold

District 119 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Yusuf M. Yusuf

District 118 - Democrat

Absent

Rep. Matt Moonen

District 117 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Samuel Lewis Zager

District 116 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Michael F. Brennan

District 115 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Dylan R. Pugh

District 114 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Grayson B. Lookner

District 113 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. W. Edward Crockett

District 112 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Amy D. Kuhn

District 111 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Christina R.C. Mitchell

District 110 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Eleanor Y. Sato

District 109 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Parnell William Terry

District 108 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Mark C. Cooper

District 107 - Republican

Pro-labor

Rep. Barbara A. Bagshaw

District 106 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Anne P. Graham

District 105 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Amy Bradstreet Arata

District 104 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Arthur L. Bell

District 103 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Melanie F. Sachs

District 102 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Poppy Arford

District 101 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Daniel J. Ankeles

District 100 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Cheryl A. Golek

District 99 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Kilton M. Webb

District 98 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Richard G. Mason

District 97 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Michel A. Lajoie

District 96 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Mana H. Abdi

District 95 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Scott Harriman

District 94 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Julia A.G. McCabe

District 93 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Stephen J. Wood

District 92 - Republican

Pro-labor

Rep. Joshua Morris

District 91 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Laurel D. Libby

District 90 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Adam R. Lee

District 89 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Quentin J. Chapman

District 88 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. David W. Boyer, Jr.

District 87 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Rolf A. Olsen Jr.

District 86 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Kimberly J. Pomerleau

District 85 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Mark Walker

District 84 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Marygrace Caroline Cimino

District 83 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Nathan J. Wadsworth

District 82 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Peter Conley Wood

District 81 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Caldwell Jackson

District 80 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Michael J. Lance

District 79 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Rachel Ann Henderson

District 78 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Tammy L. Schmersal-Burgess

District 77 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Sheila A. Lyman

District 76 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Stephan M. Bunker

District 75 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Randall C. Hall

District 74 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Michael Soboleski

District 73 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Elizabeth M. Caruso

District 72 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. John "Jack" E. Ducharme, III

District 71 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Jennifer L. Poirier

District 70 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Dean A. Cray

District 69 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Amanda N. Collamore

District 68 - Republican

Pro-labor

Rep. Shelley Rudnicki

District 67 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Robert W. Nutting

District 66 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Cassie Lynn Julia

District 65 - Democrat

Absent

Rep. Flavia M. DeBrito

District 64 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Paul R. Flynn

District 63 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Katrina J. Smith

District 62 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Alicia Collins

District 61 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. William R. Bridgeo

District 60 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. David M. Rollins

District 59 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Sharon C. Frost

District 58 - Independent

Pro-labor

Rep. Tavis Rock Hasenfus

District 57 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Randall Adam Greenwood

District 56 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Daniel Joseph Shagoury

District 55 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Karen L. Montell

District 54 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Michael H. Lemelin

District 53 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Sally Jeane Cluchey

District 52 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Rafael Leo Macias

District 51 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. David Sinclair

District 50 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Allison Hepler

District 49 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Holly B. Stover

District 48 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Wayne K. Farrin

District 47 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Lydia V. Crafts

District 46 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Abden S. Simmons

District 45 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. William D. Pluecker

District 44 - Independent

Pro-labor

Rep. Ann Higgins Matlack

District 43 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Valli D. Geiger

District 42 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Victoria W. Doudera

District 41 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. D. Michael Ray

District 40 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Janice S. Dodge

District 39 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Benjamin C. Hymes

District 38 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Reagan L. Paul

District 37 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Kimberly M. Haggan

District 36 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. James E. Thorne

District 35 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Abigail W. Griffin

District 34 - Republican

Excused

Rep. Kenneth Wade Fredette

District 33 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Steven D. Foster

District 32 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Chad Richard Perkins

District 31 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. James Lee White

District 30 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Irene A. Gifford

District 28 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Gary A. Drinkwater

District 27 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. James F. Dill

District 26 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Laurie Osher

District 25 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Sean Faircloth

District 24 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Amy J. Roeder

District 23 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Laura D. Supica

District 22 - Democrat

Absent

Rep. Ambureen Rana

District 21 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Dani L. O'Halloran

District 20 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Richard H. Campbell

District 19 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Mathew David McIntyre

District 18 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Steven M. Bishop

District 17 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Nina Azella Milliken

District 16 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Holly Rae Eaton

District 15 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Gary Friedmann

District 14 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Russell P. White

District 13 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Billy Bob Faulkingham

District 12 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Tiffany Strout

District 11 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. William R. Tuell

District 10 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Arthur Kevin Mingo

District 9 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Tracy L. Quint

District 8 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Gregory Lewis Swallow

District 7 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Donald J. Ardell

District 6 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Joseph F. Underwood

District 5 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Timothy C. Guerrette

District 4 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Mark Michael Babin

District 3 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Roger Clarence Albert

District 2 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Lucien J.B. Daigle

District 1 - Republican

Anti-labor

LD1955 - Child Care

An Act to Increase Child Care Affordability and Early Childhood Educator Stability in Maine

Sponsored by President Mattie Daughtry (D-Cumberland)

What is the bill?

What happened?

Votes

House

Rep. Kristi Michele Mathieson

Rep. Michele Meyer

Rep. Tiffany Roberts

Rep. Thomas A. Lavigne

Rep. Holly T. Sargent

Rep. Walter Gerard Runte, Jr.

Rep. Robert A. Foley

Rep. Jeffrey Sean Adams

Rep. Ann Fredericks

Rep. Anne-Marie Mastraccio

Rep. Lucas John Lanigan

Rep. Wayne R. Parry

Rep. David Woodsome

Rep. Mark John Blier

Rep. Nathan M. Carlow

Rep. John Eder

Rep. Daniel Sayre

Rep. Traci Gere

Rep. Marc G. Malon, II

Rep. Ryan D. Fecteau

Rep. Lori K. Gramlich

Rep. Lynn H. Copeland

Rep. Marshall F. Archer

Rep. Suzanne M. Salisbury

Rep. Morgan J. Rielly

Rep. Drew Gattine

Rep. Kelly Noonan Murphy

Rep. Sophia B. Warren

Rep. Michelle Nicole Boyer

Rep. Matthew Beck

Rep. Christopher J. Kessler

Rep. Deqa Dhalac

Rep. Charles A. Skold

Rep. Yusuf M. Yusuf

Rep. Matt Moonen

Rep. Samuel Lewis Zager

Rep. Michael F. Brennan

Rep. Dylan R. Pugh

Rep. Grayson B. Lookner

Rep. W. Edward Crockett

Rep. Amy D. Kuhn

Rep. Christina R.C. Mitchell

Rep. Eleanor Y. Sato

Rep. Parnell William Terry

Rep. Mark C. Cooper

Rep. Barbara A. Bagshaw

Rep. Anne P. Graham

Rep. Amy Bradstreet Arata

Rep. Arthur L. Bell

Rep. Melanie F. Sachs

Rep. Poppy Arford

Rep. Daniel J. Ankeles

Rep. Cheryl A. Golek

Rep. Kilton M. Webb

Rep. Richard G. Mason

Rep. Michel A. Lajoie

Rep. Mana H. Abdi

Rep. Scott Harriman

Rep. Julia A.G. McCabe

Rep. Stephen J. Wood

Rep. Joshua Morris

Rep. Laurel D. Libby

Rep. Adam R. Lee

Rep. Quentin J. Chapman

Rep. David W. Boyer, Jr.

Rep. Rolf A. Olsen Jr.

Rep. Kimberly J. Pomerleau

Rep. Mark Walker

Rep. Marygrace Caroline Cimino

Rep. Nathan J. Wadsworth

Rep. Peter Conley Wood

Rep. Caldwell Jackson

Rep. Michael J. Lance