---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Update Professional And Occupational Licensing Laws"
description: "An Act To Update Professional And Occupational Licensing Laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1443"
citation: "Maine LD 1443 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REG. DEP", "ADMINISTRATION", "LICENSURE REVISIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["VOLK"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-04-13"
last_action: "2017-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25335b91-ae0f-4486-845a-03e2c9839bab"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280064803"
source_hash: "181d90e79e433898eea36190f5536de6f82f57e70e8257a0f66af8c0f86520ef"
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 1443 (128) — An Act To Update Professional And Occupational Licensing Laws

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/SP049801.asp)

## Sponsors

- VOLK — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-04-13** Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-04-13** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-08** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2017-06-08** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-08** Committee Amendment "A" (S-216) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-08** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-216). `reading-2`
- **2017-06-08** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2017-06-09** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-06-09** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-06-09** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-216).
- **2017-06-09** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-14** 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/25335b91-ae0f-4486-845a-03e2c9839bab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).