---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Raise The University Of Maine System Debt Ceiling"
description: "An Act To Raise The University Of Maine System Debt Ceiling"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 206"
citation: "Maine LD 206 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM", "CHARTER CHANGES", "DEBT CEILING RAISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle DUNPHY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f991b671-0981-4b6a-baa8-82c088dc3ca3"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070983"
source_hash: "a4fcbca24a29b9ea679c6ffb5938d9ec9ffa10ce52d91ab0d518a5cc64e8b220"
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 206 (129) — An Act To Raise The University Of Maine System Debt Ceiling

## 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=HP0169&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0169&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0169&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Michelle DUNPHY — primary (person)
- Brian HUBBELL — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- Erik JORGENSEN — cosponsor (person)
- James DILL — cosponsor (person)
- John MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
- John SCHNECK — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria KORNFIELD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-22** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-24** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Reports READ.
- **2019-03-21** On motion of Representative KORNFIELD of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-03-21** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Committee Amendment "A" (H-26) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-03-21** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-26).
- **2019-03-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-26** Reports READ
- **2019-03-26** Senator MILLETT of Cumberland moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
- **2019-03-26** On further motion by same Senator TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending her motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report,
- **2019-05-21** Taken from the table by the President
- **2019-05-21** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2019-05-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-05-21** Committee Amendment "A" (H-26) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-05-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-26) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-28** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-18** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2019-06-18** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-27** 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/f991b671-0981-4b6a-baa8-82c088dc3ca3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).