---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review Of Portions Of Chapter 115: The Credentialing Of Education Personnel, A Late-Filed Major Substantive Rule Of The Department Of Education"
description: "Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review Of Portions Of Chapter 115: The Credentialing Of Education Personnel, A Late-Filed Major Substantive Rule Of The Department Of Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1478"
citation: "Maine LD 1478 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION DEPT", "POWERS", "PERSONNEL CREDENTIALING RULES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Victoria KORNFIELD"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-04-04"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c23912f-7b8a-4b8f-ae39-e84002dbb093"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072987"
source_hash: "177011873070ab5132d26fafc3d030ba899ff8b3ba505450322c5fa9cea527df"
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 1478 (129) — Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review Of Portions Of Chapter 115: The Credentialing Of Education Personnel, A Late-Filed Major Substantive Rule Of The Department Of Education

## 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=HP1080&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1080&item=5&snum=129)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1080&item=1&snum=129)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1080&item=4&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **92–50** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage - Emer — **81–58** (fail) · lower
- ADOPT HAH-625 — **87–55** (pass) · lower
- RECEDE AND CONCUR — **20–14** (pass) · upper
- RECONSIDER — **84–57** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Victoria KORNFIELD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-04** Representative KORNFIELD for the Department of Education pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 8072 and approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council, reports that the Resolve be REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-04** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-04** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-04-04** On motion by Senator Millett of Cumberland REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218, in concurrence. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** Reports READ.
- **2019-06-14** On motion of Representative KORNFIELD of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-14** ROLL CALL NO. 269
- **2019-06-14** (Yeas 92 - Nays 50 - Absent 8 - Excused 1)
- **2019-06-14** The Resolve was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (H-597) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-14** Under suspension of the rules, the Resolve was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-06-14** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-597).
- **2019-06-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-17** Reports READ
- **2019-06-17** On motion by Senator MILLETT of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2019-06-17** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-06-17** Committee Amendment "A" (H-597) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-06-17** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-597) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2019-06-17** FAILED FINAL PASSAGE.
- **2019-06-17** ROLL CALL NO. 279
- **2019-06-17** (Yeas 81 - Nays 58 - Absent 11 - Excused 1)
- **2019-06-17** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the Resolve FAILED FINAL PASSAGE.
- **2019-06-17** ROLL CALL NO. 280
- **2019-06-17** (Yeas 84 - Nays 57 - Absent 9 - Excused 1)
- **2019-06-17** On further motion of the same Representative the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-597).
- **2019-06-17** On further motion of the same Representative the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-597) was ADOPTED.
- **2019-06-17** On further motion of same Representative TABLED pending ADOPTION of Committee Amendment "A" (H-597).
- **2019-06-17** Later today assigned.
- **2019-06-18** Speaker laid before the House
- **2019-06-18** Subsequently, Committee Amendment "A" (H-597) was ADOPTED.
- **2019-06-18** On motion of Representative KORNFIELD of Bangor, House Amendment "A" (H-625) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-18** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-597) and House Amendment "A" (H-625).
- **2019-06-18** In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-18** On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin The Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED With PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-597) AND House Amendment "A" (H-625) in concurrence
- **2019-06-18** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 329 Yeas 20 - Nays 14 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2019-06-19** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2019-06-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-19** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 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/4c23912f-7b8a-4b8f-ae39-e84002dbb093`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).