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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Support Immersive Outdoor Education By Establishing The Outdoor School For All Maine Students Program"
+description: "An Act To Support Immersive Outdoor Education By Establishing The Outdoor School For All Maine Students Program"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "132"
+identifier: "LD 895"
+citation: "Maine LD 895 (132)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "CONSERVATION AND FORE", "OUTDOOR SCHOOL PROGRAM", "POWERS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Richard BENNETT"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-03-05"
+last_action: "2025-05-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8439c94-6bab-45d4-bf2e-ea726fe46549"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097167"
+source_hash: "4436a0ab6537717b991a73cc81522c718d190f5db7317d4639c178c2692bb493"
+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 895 (132) — An Act To Support Immersive Outdoor Education By Establishing The Outdoor School For All Maine Students Program
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment C-A (S-61)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0384&item=2&snum=132)
+2. **Chapter 84** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0384&item=3&snum=132)
+3. **LD 895 SP 384** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0384&item=1&snum=132)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ENACTMENT-EMERGENCY — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Richard BENNETT — primary (person)
+- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelly MURPHY — cosponsor (person)
+- Morgan RIELLY — cosponsor (person)
+- Nathan CARLOW — cosponsor (person)
+- Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)
+- Stacey GUERIN — cosponsor (person)
+- Stacy BRENNER — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 5, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY 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.
+- **2025-05-13** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
+- **2025-05-13** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2025-05-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-61) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2025-05-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-61). `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-13** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
+- **2025-05-14** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
+- **2025-05-14** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
+- **2025-05-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-61). `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2025-05-20** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
+- **2025-05-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2025-05-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2025-05-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2025-05-21** On motion by Senator CURRY of Waldo the Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2025-05-21** Subsequently, the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENACTED. PREVAILED `passage`
+- **2025-05-21** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 210 Yeas 31 - Nays 0 - Excused 3 - Absent 1
+- **2025-05-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
+- **2025-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8439c94-6bab-45d4-bf2e-ea726fe46549`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+