---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Maintain High School Diploma Standards By Repealing Proficiency-Based Diploma Standards"
description: "An Act To Maintain High School Diploma Standards By Repealing Proficiency-Based Diploma Standards"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 985"
citation: "Maine LD 985 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOL POLICIES", "GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS", "PROFICIENCY-BASED DIPLOMAS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Justin FECTEAU"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20b39474-e97c-47e1-8e2b-3c29e4bd62a6"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072080"
source_hash: "94c802c0703aa61d424937db297ab0bd0390ec60a951642824b1740798c4714c"
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 985 (129) — An Act To Maintain High School Diploma Standards By Repealing Proficiency-Based Diploma Standards

## 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=HP0740&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0740&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0740&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Justin FECTEAU — primary (person)
- Abigail GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- Gary DRINKWATER — cosponsor (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- Heidi SAMPSON — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy JAVNER — cosponsor (person)
- Shelley RUDNICKI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-26** Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-02-26** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-02-26** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-23** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-23** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-322).
- **2019-05-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-23** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-05-23** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-23** Committee Amendment "A" (H-322) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-322), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-05-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-29** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-05** 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/20b39474-e97c-47e1-8e2b-3c29e4bd62a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).