ME LD 1705

• ADULT EDUCATION
• FUNDING
• STATUTORY FUNDING

• Holly SARGENTprimary
• Kelly MURPHYcosponsor
• Christina MITCHELLcosponsor
• James LIBBYcosponsor
• Allison HEPLERcosponsor
• Daniel SHAGOURYcosponsor
• Wayne FARRINcosponsor
• Janice DODGEcosponsor
• Michael BRENNANcosponsor
• Anne GRAHAMcosponsor

Not provided by source.

1. 2025-04-17

   Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed.

2. 2025-04-17

   The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS.

   referral-committee

3. 2025-04-17

   Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

4. 2025-04-17

   The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS in concurrence

   referral-committee

5. 2025-06-10

   CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY

6. 2025-06-10

   Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.

7. 2025-06-10

   The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-611).

   reading-3

8. 2025-06-10

   Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

9. 2025-06-11

   Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.

10. 2025-06-11

    READ ONCE.

    reading-1

11. 2025-06-11

    Committee Amendment "A" (H-611) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence.

    committee-passage-favorable,passage

12. 2025-06-11

    Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-611), in concurrence.

    reading-2,reading-3

13. 2025-06-11

    Ordered sent down forthwith.

14. 2025-06-11

    This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.

15. 2025-06-11

    Representative MOONEN of Portland REQUESTED a Roll Call. More than one-fifth of the members present expressed a desire for a roll call, which was ORDERED.

16. 2025-06-11

    On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.

17. 2025-06-11

    Later today assigned.

18. 2025-06-11

    (Roll Call Ordered)

19. 2025-06-11

    Speaker laid before the House

20. 2025-06-11

    Subsequently, the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

    passage

21. 2025-06-11

    This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House being necessary, a total was taken.

22. 2025-06-11

    ROLL CALL NO. 439

23. 2025-06-11

    (Yeas 105 - Nays 34 - Absent 10 - Excused 2)

24. 2025-06-11

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

25. 2025-06-12

    On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence

26. 2025-06-25

    CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.

27. 2026-04-13

    On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table

28. 2026-04-13

    On motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-611) in concurrence.

    reading-3

29. 2026-04-13

    On further motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-611) was ADOPTED.

    committee-passage-favorable

30. 2026-04-13

    On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-684) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-611) READ and ADOPTED.

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31. 2026-04-13

    Committee Amendment "A" (H-611) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-684) thereto ADOPTED.

    committee-passage-favorable

32. 2026-04-13

    PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-611) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-684) thereto in NON-CONCURRENCE.

    reading-3

33. 2026-04-13

    Sent down for concurrence.

34. 2026-04-13

    The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-611) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-684) thereto.

    reading-3

35. 2026-04-13

    ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

36. 2026-04-13

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

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37. 2026-04-13

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

38. 2026-04-13

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

    passage

39. 2026-04-16

    Signed by Governor

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40. 2025-05-16

    Work Session Held

41. 2025-05-16

    Voted - OTP-AM

42. 2025-06-10

    Reported Out - OTP-AM

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• FINAL ENACTMENT

  2025-06-11 · pass · 105-34

  Member-level votes (151)

  • WHITE of Guilford: no
  • WHITE of Ellsworth: no
  • WOOD of Norway: yes
  • WOOD of Greene: yes
  • WOODSOME of Waterboro: yes
  • YUSUF of Portland: yes
  • ZAGER of Portland: yes
  • ABDI of Lewiston: yes
  • ADAMS of Lebanon: other
  • ALBERT of Madawaska: yes
  • ANKELES of Brunswick: yes
  • ARATA of New Gloucester: yes
  • ARCHER of Saco: yes
  • ARDELL of Monticello: yes
  • ARFORD of Brunswick: yes
  • BABIN of Fort Fairfield: yes
  • BAGSHAW of Windham: no
  • BECK of South Portland: yes
  • BELL of Yarmouth: yes
  • BISHOP of Bucksport: no
  • BLIER of Buxton: yes
  • BOYER of Poland: no
  • BOYER of Cape Elizabeth: yes
  • BRENNAN of Portland: yes
  • BRIDGEO of Augusta: yes
  • BUNKER of Farmington: yes
  • CAMPBELL of Orrington: yes
  • CARLOW of Buxton: yes
  • CARUSO of Caratunk: yes
  • CHAPMAN of Auburn: no
  • CIMINO of Bridgton: no
  • CLOUTIER of Lewiston: yes
  • CLUCHEY of Bowdoinham: yes
  • COLLAMORE of Pittsfield: yes
  • COLLINS of Sidney: no
  • COOPER of Windham: no
  • COPELAND of Saco: yes
  • CRAFTS of Newcastle: yes
  • CRAY of Palmyra: other
  • CROCKETT of Portland: yes
  • DAIGLE of Fort Kent: yes
  • DEBRITO of Waterville: yes
  • DHALAC of South Portland: yes
  • DILL of Old Town: yes
  • DODGE of Belfast: yes
  • DOUDERA of Camden: other
  • UNDERWOOD of Presque Isle: other
  • WADSWORTH of Hiram: no
  • WALKER of Naples: no
  • WARREN of Scarborough: yes
  • DRINKWATER of Milford: no
  • DUCHARME of Madison: yes
  • EATON of Deer Isle: other
  • EDER of Waterboro: yes
  • FAIRCLOTH of Bangor: yes
  • FARRIN of Jefferson: yes
  • FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor: yes
  • FECTEAU of Biddeford: yes
  • FLYNN of Albion: no
  • FOLEY of Wells: yes
  • FOSTER of Dexter: no
  • FREDERICKS of Sanford: no
  • FREDETTE of Newport: yes
  • FRIEDMANN of Bar Harbor: yes
  • FROST of Belgrade: yes
  • GATTINE of Westbrook: yes
  • GEIGER of Rockland: yes
  • GERE of Kennebunkport: yes
  • GIFFORD of Lincoln: no
  • GOLEK of Harpswell: yes
  • GRAHAM of North Yarmouth: yes
  • GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach: yes
  • GREENWOOD of Wales: no
  • GRIFFIN of Levant: other
  • GUERRETTE of Caribou: yes
  • HAGGAN of Hampden: no
  • HALL of Wilton: other
  • HASENFUS of Readfield: yes
  • HENDERSON of Rumford: yes
  • HEPLER of Woolwich: yes
  • HYMES of Waldo: no
  • JACKSON of Oxford: other
  • JAVNER of Chester: no
  • JULIA of Waterville: yes
  • KESSLER of South Portland: yes
  • KUHN of Falmouth: other
  • LAJOIE of Lewiston: yes
  • LANCE of Paris: no
  • LANIGAN of Sanford: other
  • LAVIGNE of Berwick: no
  • LEE of Auburn: yes
  • LEMELIN of Chelsea: yes
  • LIBBY of Auburn: no
  • LOOKNER of Portland: yes
  • LYMAN of Livermore Falls: yes
  • MACIAS of Topsham: yes
  • MALON of Biddeford: yes
  • MASON of Lisbon: yes
  • MASTRACCIO of Sanford: yes
  • MATHIESON of Kittery: yes
  • MATLACK of St. George: yes
  • MCCABE of Lewiston: yes
  • MCINTYRE of Lowell: yes
  • MEYER of Eliot: yes
  • MILLIKEN of Blue Hill: yes
  • MINGO of Calais: other
  • MITCHELL of Cumberland: yes
  • MONTELL of Gardiner: yes
  • MOONEN of Portland: yes
  • MORRIS of Turner: no
  • MURPHY of Scarborough: yes
  • NUTTING of Oakland: yes
  • O'HALLORAN of Brewer: yes
  • OLSEN of Raymond: no
  • OSHER of Orono: yes
  • PARRY of Arundel: yes
  • PAUL of Winterport: no
  • PERKINS of Dover-Foxcroft: no
  • PLUECKER of Warren: yes
  • POIRIER of Skowhegan: yes
  • POMERLEAU of Standish: yes
  • PUGH of Portland: yes
  • QUINT of Hodgdon: no
  • RANA of Bangor: yes
  • RAY of Lincolnville: yes
  • RIELLY of Westbrook: yes
  • ROBERTS of South Berwick: yes
  • ROEDER of Bangor: yes
  • ROLLINS of Augusta: yes
  • RUDNICKI of Fairfield: no
  • RUNTE of York: yes
  • SACHS of Freeport: yes
  • SALISBURY of Westbrook: yes
  • SARGENT of York: yes
  • SATO of Gorham: yes
  • SAYRE of Kennebunk: yes
  • SCHMERSAL-BURGESS of Mexico: no
  • SHAGOURY of Hallowell: yes
  • SIMMONS of Waldoboro: yes
  • SINCLAIR of Bath: yes
  • SKOLD of Portland: yes
  • SMITH of Palermo: no
  • SOBOLESKI of Phillips: no
  • STOVER of Boothbay: other
  • STROUT of Harrington: yes
  • SUPICA of Bangor: yes
  • SWALLOW of Houlton: no
  • TERRY of Gorham: yes
  • THORNE of Carmel: no
  • TUELL of East Machias: yes
  • WEBB of Durham: yes

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