---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide A Career And Technical Education Training Option For Plumbers"
description: "An Act To Provide A Career And Technical Education Training Option For Plumbers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 37"
citation: "Maine LD 37 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LICENSING", "PLUMBERS", "PLUMBING JOURNEYMAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MILLETT"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1871b1e8-817f-4b73-8d13-5e60538da029"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280062440"
source_hash: "faa4ee027e9b3bb04d51aa00664359e8ef8c31e5fc20d48ebf4d89841b5ebca4"
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 37 (128) — An Act To Provide A Career And Technical Education Training Option For Plumbers

## 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/SP001601.asp)

## Votes

- ENACTMENT — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MILLETT — primary (person)
- BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
- CHENETTE — cosponsor (person)
- DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- DESCHAMBAULT — cosponsor (person)
- DIAMOND — cosponsor (person)
- KORNFIELD — cosponsor (person)
- LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
- PIERCE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- **2017-01-10** suggested and ordered printed
- **2017-01-10** REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-10** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-01-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-11** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-03-07** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2017-03-07** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-03-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-3) READ and ADOPTED
- **2017-03-07** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2017-03-09** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2017-03-09** READ a SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-3)
- **2017-03-09** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2017-03-14** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-03-16** Committee on Bills in the Second Reading Reports no further verbal amendments necessary. Report Accepted.
- **2017-03-16** CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-03-16** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-3).
- **2017-03-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-03-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-03-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-03-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-03-23** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 49 Yeas 34 - Nays 0 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2017-03-24** 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/1871b1e8-817f-4b73-8d13-5e60538da029`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).