---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Address Violent Behavior In The Classroom"
description: "An Act To Address Violent Behavior In The Classroom"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1370"
citation: "Maine LD 1370 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOL POLICIES", "DISCIPLINE", "ACTION PLAN AND COUNSELING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca MILLETT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-21"
last_action: "2019-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd147a72-86ce-4154-971c-9bfd4aa15c31"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072678"
source_hash: "87c38d7f5e842a14ed3af8b56a2d7c3c9c636b2d1b31f13f582f2cd8debe74b5"
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 1370 (129) — An Act To Address Violent Behavior In The Classroom

## 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=SP0425&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0425&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0425&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rebecca MILLETT — primary (person)
- Bill DIAMOND — cosponsor (person)
- David McCREA — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Everett CARSON — cosponsor (person)
- Henry INGWERSEN — cosponsor (person)
- James DILL — cosponsor (person)
- Michael CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria KORNFIELD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-21** 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
- **2019-03-21** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-10** Reports Read
- **2019-06-10** On motion by Senator MILLETT of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-10** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 237 Yeas 34 - Nays 0 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2019-06-10** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-06-10** Committee Amendment "A" (S-237) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-06-10** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-237) `reading-2`
- **2019-06-10** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-06-10** Reports READ.
- **2019-06-10** On motion of Representative KORNFIELD of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-10** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-10** Committee Amendment "A" (S-237) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-10** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-06-10** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-237).
- **2019-06-10** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-11** In accordance with the provisions of Section 21 of Article IX of the Constitution, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-06-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-21** 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/fd147a72-86ce-4154-971c-9bfd4aa15c31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).