---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Address Student Hunger With A \"Breakfast After The Bell\" Program"
description: "An Act To Address Student Hunger With A \"Breakfast After The Bell\" Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 359"
citation: "Maine LD 359 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOL PROGRAMS", "NUTRITION PROGRAMS", "BREAKFAST AFTER THE BELL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marianne MOORE"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2020-02-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bcc893e-a710-4391-a33b-c8dff217cd15"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071094"
source_hash: "da2a5a2758b32b974408637f3ae3cc3b7b9cbfa92614bcb98c81e0192dec888e"
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 359 (129) — An Act To Address Student Hunger With A "Breakfast After The Bell" Program

## 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=SP0099&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0099&item=9&snum=129)
3. **Divided Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0099&item=4&snum=129)
4. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0099&item=1&snum=129)
5. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0099&item=8&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Marianne MOORE — primary (person)
- Abigail GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- Colleen MADIGAN — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberley ROSEN — cosponsor (person)
- Ned CLAXTON — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca MILLETT — cosponsor (person)
- Shenna BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)
- William TUELL — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** 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
- **2019-01-24** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-07** Reports READ
- **2019-05-07** Senator MILLETT of Cumberland moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
- **2019-05-07** 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,
- **2019-05-16** Taken from the table by the President
- **2019-05-16** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2019-05-16** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-05-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-78) READ
- **2019-05-16** On motion by Senator MOORE of Washington Senate Amendment "A" (S-100) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-78) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-05-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-78) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-100) thereto ADOPTED
- **2019-05-16** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-78) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-100) thereto `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-05-21** Reports READ.
- **2019-05-21** On motion of Representative KORNFIELD of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-21** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-21** Committee Amendment "A" (S-78) was READ.
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendment "A" (S-100) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-78) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-05-21** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-78) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-100) thereto.
- **2019-05-21** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **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.
- **2019-06-20** CARRIED OVER on the Special Appropriations Table to any Special or Regular Sessions, or both, of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1322.
- **2019-06-20** Carried over on the Special Appropriations Table to any special or regular sessions, or both, of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1322.
- **2020-01-28** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2020-01-28** On further motion by Same Senator Under suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-78) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-100) thereto
- **2020-01-28** On further motion by Same Senator Under further suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-78) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-100) thereto was ADOPTED
- **2020-01-28** On further motion by Same Senator Under further suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Senate Amendment "A" (S-100) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-78) was ADOPTED
- **2020-01-28** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-100) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-78) was INDEFINITELY POSTPONED
- **2020-01-28** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "B" (S-373) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-78) READ and ADOPTED
- **2020-01-28** Committee Amendment "A" (S-78) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "B" (S-373) thereto ADOPTED
- **2020-01-28** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-78) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "B" (S-373) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE
- **2020-01-28** Sent down for concurrence
- **2020-01-30** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-78) as Amended by Senate Amendment "B" (S-373) thereto.
- **2020-01-30** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-02-04** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2020-02-04** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2020-02-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-02-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-02-14** 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/4bcc893e-a710-4391-a33b-c8dff217cd15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).