---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Revise Certification Statutes For Educational Personnel"
description: "An Act To Revise Certification Statutes For Educational Personnel"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1569"
citation: "Maine LD 1569 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TEACHERS", "CERTIFICATION", "PROVISIONS REVISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KORNFIELD"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-05-02"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3e1acfe-0981-41e2-a647-5f57f9123f6d"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280065179"
source_hash: "4d6a2a905d84a2a8b14cbc90563273dc4010f6f3ed5d5a525753e049f79c613b"
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 1569 (128) — An Act To Revise Certification Statutes For Educational Personnel

## 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/HP108001.asp)

## Sponsors

- KORNFIELD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-02** Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-05-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-06-15** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-06-15** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-515).
- **2017-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-16** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2017-06-16** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (H-515) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-16** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-515), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-16** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2017-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-19** 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/f3e1acfe-0981-41e2-a647-5f57f9123f6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).