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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Increase The Number Of Recipients Under The Tuition Waiver Program For Participants In Foster Care"
+description: "An Act To Increase The Number Of Recipients Under The Tuition Waiver Program For Participants In Foster Care"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "129"
+identifier: "LD 1566"
+citation: "Maine LD 1566 (129)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "TUITION WAIVERS", "FOSTER CARE PARTICIPANTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Russell BLACK"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-04-16"
+last_action: "2019-06-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a57a52df-171e-4ae2-9f64-a944330f8d7c"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073370"
+source_hash: "7d1ad2b028ce7c4731bbfea1bff086d787a01fbcc81c3819161c82733ce80449"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
+---
+
+# Maine LD 1566 (129) — An Act To Increase The Number Of Recipients Under The Tuition Waiver Program For Participants In Foster Care
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0500&item=2&snum=129)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0500&item=1&snum=129)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0500&item=3&snum=129)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **89–49** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Russell BLACK — primary (person)
+- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul DAVIS — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephen STANLEY — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-16** 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
+- **2019-04-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-05-23** Reports Read
+- **2019-05-23** On motion by Senator MILLETT of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-05-23** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 126 Yeas 35 - Nays 0 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
+- **2019-05-23** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2019-05-23** Committee Amendment "A" (S-138) READ and ADOPTED
+- **2019-05-23** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-138) `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-23** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2019-05-28** Reports READ.
+- **2019-05-28** On motion of Representative KORNFIELD of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-05-28** ROLL CALL NO. 129
+- **2019-05-28** (Yeas 89 - Nays 49 - Absent 10 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
+- **2019-05-28** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2019-05-28** Committee Amendment "A" (S-138) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2019-05-28** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2019-05-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-138).
+- **2019-05-28** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-05-29** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
+- **2019-05-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-05-30** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2019-06-06** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a57a52df-171e-4ae2-9f64-a944330f8d7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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