---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide For A Professional Wage And Support For New Educators"
description: "An Act To Provide For A Professional Wage And Support For New Educators"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 898"
citation: "Maine LD 898 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TEACHERS", "TRAINING", "NEW TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca MILLETT"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0984376-67bc-4ad1-849d-e9007c006a8e"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071908"
source_hash: "1421f50dd5dcca87f6c60d8bc73aeabfb150f57f16286f883dd4f224969d5019"
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 898 (129) — An Act To Provide For A Professional Wage And Support For New Educators

## 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=SP0264&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0264&item=6&snum=129)
3. **Divided Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0264&item=3&snum=129)
4. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0264&item=1&snum=129)
5. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0264&item=5&snum=129)

## Votes

- Enactment — **84–54** (pass) · lower
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **86–56** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rebecca MILLETT — primary (person)
- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- David McCREA — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Janice DODGE — cosponsor (person)
- Michael CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
- Ned CLAXTON — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** 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
- **2019-02-19** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-25** Reports Read
- **2019-04-25** On motion by Senator MILLETT of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-25** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-04-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-59) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-04-25** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-59) `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-04-30** Reports READ.
- **2019-04-30** On motion of Representative KORNFIELD of Bangor, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.
- **2019-04-30** Later today assigned.
- **2019-05-07** Speaker laid before the House
- **2019-05-07** On motion of Representative KORNFIELD of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-07** ROLL CALL NO. 73
- **2019-05-07** (Yeas 86 - Nays 56 - Absent 7 - Excused 1 Vacant 1)
- **2019-05-07** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-59) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-05-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-59).
- **2019-05-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-09** ROLL CALL NO. 87
- **2019-05-09** (Yeas 84 - Nays 54 - Absent 11 - Excused 1 Vacant 1)
- **2019-05-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-14** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, 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-59)
- **2019-06-19** Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-59) was ADOPTED
- **2019-06-19** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-332) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-59) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-06-19** Committee Amendment "A" (S-59) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-332) thereto ADOPTED
- **2019-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-59) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-332) 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-59) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-332) 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`
- **2019-07-02** 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/c0984376-67bc-4ad1-849d-e9007c006a8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).