---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide Funding For 3 Veterans Services Officers In The Maine Bureau Of Veterans' Services"
description: "An Act To Provide Funding For 3 Veterans Services Officers In The Maine Bureau Of Veterans' Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 658"
citation: "Maine LD 658 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["3 ASSISTANT COORDINATORS OF HOMELE", "SERVICES", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Justin FECTEAU"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f74c0ee-a1e2-48c4-9657-c6db4092aa6d"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079128"
source_hash: "c599a210a9f6803cba2e8b70b0bb9ac107ceaacdeacc97a835f1724d74d2b6e3"
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 658 (130) — An Act To Provide Funding For 3 Veterans Services Officers In The Maine Bureau Of Veterans' Services

## 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=HP0485&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0485&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0485&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Justin FECTEAU — primary (person)
- Bruce WHITE — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher CAIAZZO — cosponsor (person)
- Danny COSTAIN — cosponsor (person)
- Gary DRINKWATER — cosponsor (person)
- Joel STETKIS — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan CONNOR — cosponsor (person)
- Paul DAVIS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01** Received by the Clerk of the House on March 1, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-03-01** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-04-28** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-04-28** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-04-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-68). `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-04-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2021-04-28** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-68) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-04-28** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-68), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2021-04-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-05-19** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2021-07-02** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2021-07-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f74c0ee-a1e2-48c4-9657-c6db4092aa6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).