---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Modernize The National School Lunch Program And The School Breakfast Program"
description: "An Act To Modernize The National School Lunch Program And The School Breakfast Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 701"
citation: "Maine LD 701 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOL PROGRAMS", "NUTRITION PROGRAMS", "REDUCED PRICE LUNCHES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shenna BELLOWS"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff48fcd6-ff6d-4f92-837f-a45339c720c5"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071678"
source_hash: "0ea9cd264b50118dca4cf0c571edaa1ff609e055266256a1385c4fc517097138"
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 701 (129) — An Act To Modernize The National School Lunch Program And The School Breakfast 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=SP0214&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0214&item=5&snum=129)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0214&item=1&snum=129)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0214&item=4&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Shenna BELLOWS — primary (person)
- Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Janice DODGE — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberley ROSEN — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca MILLETT — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria KORNFIELD — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria MORALES — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** 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
- **2019-02-12** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-28** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-28** Committee Amendment "A" (S-139) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-28** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-139). `reading-2`
- **2019-05-28** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2019-05-29** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-29** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-29** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-139).
- **2019-05-29** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-30** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-05-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-03** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-19** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2019-06-19** Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-139)
- **2019-06-19** Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-139) was ADOPTED
- **2019-06-19** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-329) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-139) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-06-19** Committee Amendment "A" (S-139) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-329) thereto ADOPTED
- **2019-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-139) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-329) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-19** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-06-19** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-139) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-329) thereto.
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-20** 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/ff48fcd6-ff6d-4f92-837f-a45339c720c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).