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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Require School Administrative Units To Adopt Mentoring Programs For Teachers And To Improve Existing Programs"
+description: "An Act To Require School Administrative Units To Adopt Mentoring Programs For Teachers And To Improve Existing Programs"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "132"
+identifier: "LD 470"
+citation: "Maine LD 470 (132)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["JOB TRAINING", "MENTORING PROGRAMS", "SCHOOL PROGRAMS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Joseph RAFFERTY"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-05"
+last_action: "2026-01-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d01cc99b-1331-475b-a845-25cad8d38803"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096334"
+source_hash: "282cd961e8878fea51b5f665753bce210f5dd7bd7529e0995218e60402b127de"
+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 470 (132) — An Act To Require School Administrative Units To Adopt Mentoring Programs For Teachers And To Improve Existing Programs
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment C-A (S-276)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0209&item=2&snum=132)
+2. **Chapter 124** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0209&item=3&snum=132)
+3. **LD 470 SP 209** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0209&item=1&snum=132)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **19–13** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joseph RAFFERTY — primary (person)
+- Cameron RENY — cosponsor (person)
+- Christina MITCHELL — cosponsor (person)
+- Henry INGWERSEN — cosponsor (person)
+- Holly SARGENT — cosponsor (person)
+- Janice DODGE — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelly MURPHY — cosponsor (person)
+- Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 5, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
+- **2025-06-05** Reports READ
+- **2025-06-05** On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
+- **2025-06-05** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 378 Yeas 19 - Nays 13 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
+- **2025-06-05** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2025-06-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-276) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2025-06-05** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-276) `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-06-05** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2025-06-09** Reports READ.
+- **2025-06-09** On motion of Representative MURPHY of Scarborough, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2025-06-09** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2025-06-09** Committee Amendment "A" (S-276) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2025-06-09** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2025-06-09** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-276). `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-09** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2025-06-09** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
+- **2025-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2025-06-10** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE in concurrence.
+- **2025-06-25** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
+- **2025-06-25** FINALLY PASSED in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2025-07-08** HELD BY THE GOVERNOR.
+- **2026-01-11** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
+- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
+- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2025-06-05T04:00:00+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/d01cc99b-1331-475b-a845-25cad8d38803`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+