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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Provide For A Professional Wage And Support For New Educators"
+description: "An Act To Provide For A Professional Wage And Support For New Educators"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "129"
+identifier: "LD 898"
+citation: "Maine LD 898 (129)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["TEACHERS", "TRAINING", "NEW TEACHERS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca MILLETT"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 39
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-19"
+last_action: "2019-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0984376-67bc-4ad1-849d-e9007c006a8e"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071908"
+source_hash: "1421f50dd5dcca87f6c60d8bc73aeabfb150f57f16286f883dd4f224969d5019"
+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 898 (129) — An Act To Provide For A Professional Wage And Support For New Educators
+
+## 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=SP0264&item=2&snum=129)
+2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0264&item=6&snum=129)
+3. **Divided Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0264&item=3&snum=129)
+4. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0264&item=1&snum=129)
+5. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0264&item=5&snum=129)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Enactment — **84–54** (pass) · lower
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **86–56** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rebecca MILLETT — primary (person)
+- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
+- David McCREA — cosponsor (person)
+- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
+- Janice DODGE — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
+- Ned CLAXTON — cosponsor (person)
+- Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-19** 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
+- **2019-02-19** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-19** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-04-25** Reports Read
+- **2019-04-25** On motion by Senator MILLETT of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-04-25** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2019-04-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-59) READ and ADOPTED
+- **2019-04-25** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-59) `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-25** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2019-04-30** Reports READ.
+- **2019-04-30** On motion of Representative KORNFIELD of Bangor, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.
+- **2019-04-30** Later today assigned.
+- **2019-05-07** Speaker laid before the House
+- **2019-05-07** On motion of Representative KORNFIELD of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-05-07** ROLL CALL NO. 73
+- **2019-05-07** (Yeas 86 - Nays 56 - Absent 7 - Excused 1 Vacant 1)
+- **2019-05-07** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2019-05-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-59) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2019-05-07** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2019-05-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-59).
+- **2019-05-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-05-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2019-05-09** ROLL CALL NO. 87
+- **2019-05-09** (Yeas 84 - Nays 54 - Absent 11 - Excused 1 Vacant 1)
+- **2019-05-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-05-14** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
+- **2019-06-19** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
+- **2019-06-19** Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-59)
+- **2019-06-19** Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-59) was ADOPTED
+- **2019-06-19** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-332) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-59) READ and ADOPTED
+- **2019-06-19** Committee Amendment "A" (S-59) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-332) thereto ADOPTED
+- **2019-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-59) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-332) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE
+- **2019-06-19** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2019-06-19** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-59) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-332) thereto.
+- **2019-06-19** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2019-06-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2019-07-02** 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/c0984376-67bc-4ad1-849d-e9007c006a8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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