---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Include Mental Health Education In Maine Schools"
description: "An Act To Include Mental Health Education In Maine Schools"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1024"
citation: "Maine LD 1024 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOL POLICIES", "CURRICULUM", "MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Everett CARSON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd7982c9-cd35-452b-a530-2641c7db40a9"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072126"
source_hash: "b7d6fc0e84cf0dd6b95136238bef41c4456d7e0b4ed1e5a318728000003d3cd3"
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 1024 (129) — An Act To Include Mental Health Education In Maine Schools

## Version chain

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

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0303&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0303&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0303&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Everett CARSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-02-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-25** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-25** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-58) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-58). `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2019-04-30** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-04-30** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-04-30** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-58).
- **2019-04-30** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-14** 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/fd7982c9-cd35-452b-a530-2641c7db40a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).