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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Amend The Essential Programs And Services School Funding Formula"
+description: "An Act To Amend The Essential Programs And Services School Funding Formula"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "132"
+identifier: "LD 2226"
+citation: "Maine LD 2226 (132)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COMPONENTS", "ESSENTIAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES", "SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kelly MURPHY"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-03-03"
+last_action: "2026-04-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99b27f1d-4180-438d-bf6d-0595d7f954d3"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280101812"
+source_hash: "65af2122d787ce54846f95e104d5b9f278cdb455fa1aef86489864d506b4b412"
+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 2226 (132) — An Act To Amend The Essential Programs And Services School Funding Formula
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment C-A (H-1046)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1503&item=2&snum=132)
+2. **Chapter 737** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1503&item=3&snum=132)
+3. **LD 2226 HP 1503** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1503&item=1&snum=132)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **28–6** (pass) · upper
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **122–23** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kelly MURPHY — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-03** Representative MURPHY for the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs pursuant to Resolve 2025, chapter 84, section 2, subsection 4 reports that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS and printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-03** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
+- **2026-03-03** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2026-03-03** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
+- **2026-03-03** On motion by Senator Rafferty of York REFERRED to Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs, in concurrence.
+- **2026-04-13** Reports READ.
+- **2026-04-13** On motion of Representative MURPHY of Scarborough, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2026-04-13** ROLL CALL NO. 806
+- **2026-04-13** (Yeas 122 - Nays 23 - Absent 5 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
+- **2026-04-13** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2026-04-13** Committee Amendment "A" (H-1046) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2026-04-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-1046). `reading-3`
+- **2026-04-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2026-04-13** Reports Read
+- **2026-04-13** On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
+- **2026-04-13** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 947 Yeas 28 - Nays 6 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
+- **2026-04-13** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2026-04-13** Committee Amendment "A" (H-1046) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-1046) in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2026-04-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2026-04-13** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
+- **2026-04-14** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
+- **2026-04-14** Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2026-04-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered
+- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM/ONTP
+- **2026-04-10T04:00:00+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/99b27f1d-4180-438d-bf6d-0595d7f954d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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