---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Enhance Participation On The State Board Of Education"
description: "An Act To Enhance Participation On The State Board Of Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 176"
citation: "Maine LD 176 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARD OF EDUCATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "ACTIVE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janice DODGE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b8fe00c-5541-4d27-b98e-e5e385c4512c"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070924"
source_hash: "37576e884b4b787f6580cd4610478c2ecbbef3af727fd6783fb8d22e7bd5892b"
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 176 (129) — An Act To Enhance Participation On The State Board 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=HP0139&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0139&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0139&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Janice DODGE — primary (person)
- Benjamin COLLINGS — cosponsor (person)
- David McCREA — cosponsor (person)
- Gary DRINKWATER — cosponsor (person)
- Henry INGWERSEN — cosponsor (person)
- Michele MEYER — cosponsor (person)
- Norman HIGGINS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-03-26** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-03-26** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-29).
- **2019-03-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2019-03-28** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-29) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
- **2019-03-28** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2019-04-02** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-02** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-29), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-04-04** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-11** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-19** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2019-06-19** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-20** 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/9b8fe00c-5541-4d27-b98e-e5e385c4512c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).