---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Increase Access To Oral Health Care By Expanding The Maine Dental Education Loan Program"
description: "An Act To Increase Access To Oral Health Care By Expanding The Maine Dental Education Loan Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1256"
citation: "Maine LD 1256 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MAINECARE", "MEDICAID", "ORAL HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-21"
last_action: "2023-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/135cdbd9-3a46-4e89-a6e7-7ec81423339f"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280087839"
source_hash: "d71e8354dd49f9dc5cbaf31806ac4aad5c235dafe6263e49a8b757f46e70588e"
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 1256 (131) — An Act To Increase Access To Oral Health Care By Expanding The Maine Dental Education Loan 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=HP0804&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0804&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0804&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Bruce WHITE — cosponsor (person)
- Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret CRAVEN — cosponsor (person)
- Michele MEYER — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)
- Sally CLUCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffany ROBERTS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-21** Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-03-21** On motion of Representative BRENNAN of Portland, the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-23** On motion by Senator Curry of Waldo, REFERRED to the Committee on Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business, in concurrence. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-05-11** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-05-11** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-05-11** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-114). `reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-16** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2023-05-16** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-05-16** Committee Amendment "A" (H-114) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-16** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-05-18** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-18** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-114), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2023-05-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-05** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-05-08T04:00:00+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/135cdbd9-3a46-4e89-a6e7-7ec81423339f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).