---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding The Laws Governing The Maine School For Marine Science, Technology, Transportation And Engineering"
description: "An Act Regarding The Laws Governing The Maine School For Marine Science, Technology, Transportation And Engineering"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1849"
citation: "Maine LD 1849 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS", "MAGNET SCHOOLS", "STEM SCHOOL IN SEARSPORT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erin HERBIG"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-08-26"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4f85739-7128-4a0f-ad6b-06353d77cf3e"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280075058"
source_hash: "518ef86ac71d57772acb3ca2a5ece17582329e99985f821026114ebe121b8a6a"
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 1849 (129) — An Act Regarding The Laws Governing The Maine School For Marine Science, Technology, Transportation And Engineering

## Version chain

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

1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0633&item=1&snum=129)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0633&item=2&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Erin HERBIG — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-26** Under suspension of the Rules READ TWICE and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, without reference to a Committee.
- **2019-08-26** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-08-26** Under suspension of the rules and WITHOUT REFERENCE to a Committee, the Bill was READ TWICE and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2019-08-26** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-08-26** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-08-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-08-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-08-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-08-30** 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/f4f85739-7128-4a0f-ad6b-06353d77cf3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).