ME LD 1719

• EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS
• SCHOOL CHOICE
• TRANSFER STUDENTS

• Joseph RAFFERTYprimary
• Holly SARGENTcosponsor
• Kelly MURPHYcosponsor
• Janice DODGEcosponsor

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1. 2025-04-17

   Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

2. 2025-04-17

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

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3. 2025-04-17

   In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

4. 2025-06-11

   Reports READ

5. 2025-06-11

   Motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York to ACCEPT The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report FAILED

6. 2025-06-11

   Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 466 Yeas 14 - Nays 17 - Excused 4 - Absent 0

7. 2025-06-11

   On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending The Minority Ought Not To Pass report.

8. 2025-06-11

   Taken from the table by the President

9. 2025-06-11

   On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec the Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Majority OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED report FAILED

10. 2025-06-11

    On motion by Same Senator Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-345)

11. 2025-06-13

    Taken from the table by the President

12. 2025-06-13

    The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report FAILED

13. 2025-06-13

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 471 Yeas 17 - Nays 18 - Excused 0 - Absent 0

14. 2025-06-13

    Subsequently, The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report was ACCEPTED

15. 2025-06-13

    Sent down for concurrence

16. 2025-06-13

    Reports READ.

17. 2025-06-13

    On motion of Representative MURPHY of Scarborough, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

18. 2025-06-13

    ROLL CALL NO. 496

19. 2025-06-13

    (Yeas 83 - Nays 50 - Absent 16 - Excused 2)

20. 2025-06-13

    The Bill was READ ONCE.

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21. 2025-06-13

    Committee Amendment "A" (S-345) was READ and ADOPTED.

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22. 2025-06-13

    Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.

23. 2025-06-13

    The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-345).

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24. 2025-06-13

    In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.

25. 2025-06-13

    ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

26. 2025-06-16

    On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland The Senate INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report.

27. 2025-06-16

    Sent down for concurrence

28. 2025-06-16

    The House INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-345)

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29. 2025-06-16

    ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

30. 2025-06-16

    Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)

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31. 2025-05-12

    Work Session Held

32. 2025-05-12

    Voted - Divided Report

33. 2025-06-11

    Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

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• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT

  2025-06-11 · fail · 14-17

  Member-level votes (35)

  • BAILEY of York: no
  • BALDACCI of Penobscot: yes
  • BEEBE-CENTER of Knox: other
  • BENNETT of Oxford: no
  • BERNARD of Aroostook: no
  • BICKFORD of Androscoggin: no
  • BLACK of Franklin: no
  • BRADSTREET of Kennebec: no
  • BRENNER of Cumberland: yes
  • CARNEY of Cumberland: yes
  • CURRY of Waldo: yes
  • CYRWAY of Kennebec: no
  • DAUGHTRY of Cumberland: yes
  • DUSON of Cumberland: yes
  • FARRIN of Somerset: no
  • GROHOSKI of Hancock: yes
  • GUERIN of Penobscot: no
  • HAGGAN of Penobscot: no
  • HARRINGTON of York: no
  • HICKMAN of Kennebec: no
  • INGWERSEN of York: yes
  • LAWRENCE of York: other
  • LIBBY of Cumberland: no
  • MARTIN of Oxford: no
  • MOORE of Washington: no
  • NANGLE of Cumberland: yes
  • PIERCE of Cumberland: yes
  • RAFFERTY of York: yes
  • RENY of Lincoln: other
  • ROTUNDO of Androscoggin: other
  • STEWART of Aroostook: no
  • TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland: yes
  • TEPLER of Sagadahoc: yes
  • TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin: no
  • TIPPING of Penobscot: yes

• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT

  2025-06-12 · fail · 17-18

  Member-level votes (35)

  • BAILEY of York: no
  • BALDACCI of Penobscot: yes
  • BEEBE-CENTER of Knox: yes
  • BENNETT of Oxford: no
  • BERNARD of Aroostook: no
  • BICKFORD of Androscoggin: no
  • BLACK of Franklin: no
  • BRADSTREET of Kennebec: no
  • BRENNER of Cumberland: no
  • CARNEY of Cumberland: yes
  • CURRY of Waldo: yes
  • CYRWAY of Kennebec: no
  • DAUGHTRY of Cumberland: yes
  • DUSON of Cumberland: yes
  • FARRIN of Somerset: no
  • GROHOSKI of Hancock: yes
  • GUERIN of Penobscot: no
  • HAGGAN of Penobscot: no
  • HARRINGTON of York: no
  • HICKMAN of Kennebec: no
  • INGWERSEN of York: yes
  • LAWRENCE of York: yes
  • LIBBY of Cumberland: no
  • MARTIN of Oxford: no
  • MOORE of Washington: no
  • NANGLE of Cumberland: yes
  • PIERCE of Cumberland: yes
  • RAFFERTY of York: yes
  • RENY of Lincoln: yes
  • ROTUNDO of Androscoggin: yes
  • STEWART of Aroostook: no
  • TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland: yes
  • TEPLER of Sagadahoc: yes
  • TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin: no
  • TIPPING of Penobscot: yes

• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP

  2025-06-13 · pass · 83-50

  Member-level votes (151)

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

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