---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Increase The Amount Of Time School Counselors And Social Workers Spend Providing Students Direct And Indirect Counseling"
description: "An Act To Increase The Amount Of Time School Counselors And Social Workers Spend Providing Students Direct And Indirect Counseling"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 247"
citation: "Maine LD 247 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOL PERSONNEL", "MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS", "COUNSELORS AND SOCIAL WORKERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca MILLETT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bce49b5-66f8-46b5-a2e4-2321bfb46564"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070961"
source_hash: "0b538e1f63b7ad5680f5fd17c40e6316d34e1888e06bf24c81b6766da27a1ea3"
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 247 (129) — An Act To Increase The Amount Of Time School Counselors And Social Workers Spend Providing Students Direct And Indirect Counseling

## 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=SP0059&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0059&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0059&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Rebecca MILLETT — primary (person)
- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa PIERCE — 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 REFERENCE to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-01-22** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-02** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-02** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** Committee Amendment "A" (S-29) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-29). `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2019-04-04** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-04-04** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-04-04** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-29).
- **2019-04-04** In concurrence.
- **2019-04-04** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-04-22** 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/6bce49b5-66f8-46b5-a2e4-2321bfb46564`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).