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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act Regarding School Discipline For Maine'S Youngest Children"
+description: "An Act Regarding School Discipline For Maine'S Youngest Children"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "130"
+identifier: "LD 474"
+citation: "Maine LD 474 (130)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["SCHOOL POLICIES", "SUSPENSIONS", "YOUNGER STUDENTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Victoria MORALES"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-11"
+last_action: "2021-06-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f78b3677-5ba1-4dec-ac76-009adaf38bf3"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078762"
+source_hash: "af7921e0936326926c5da9ff593bb447cde74f140671f9fb98ef94becfdfa07d"
+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 474 (130) — An Act Regarding School Discipline For Maine'S Youngest Children
+
+## 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=HP0348&item=2&snum=130)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0348&item=1&snum=130)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0348&item=3&snum=130)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **78–53** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Victoria MORALES — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-11** Received by the Clerk of the House on February 11, 2021. `receipt`
+- **2021-02-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
+- **2021-06-14** Reports READ.
+- **2021-06-14** On motion of Representative BRENNAN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2021-06-14** ROLL CALL NO. 270
+- **2021-06-14** (Yeas 78 - Nays 53 - Absent 20 - Excused 0)
+- **2021-06-14** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2021-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (H-599) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2021-06-14** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2021-06-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-599). `reading-3`
+- **2021-06-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2021-06-15** Reports READ
+- **2021-06-15** On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
+- **2021-06-15** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2021-06-15** Committee Amendment "A" (H-599) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-15** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-599) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2021-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2021-06-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2021-06-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2021-06-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
+- **2021-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2021-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2021-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f78b3677-5ba1-4dec-ac76-009adaf38bf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+