---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Address Teacher Shortages Through Financial Assistance And Career Advancement Opportunities"
description: "An Act To Address Teacher Shortages Through Financial Assistance And Career Advancement Opportunities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1608"
citation: "Maine LD 1608 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROGRAM FUNDING", "TEACHERS", "TRAINING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Teresa PIERCE"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-11"
last_action: "2023-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49d501fa-91b4-4b16-bfca-8e050b84db84"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088577"
source_hash: "7e2ec24367899b7615fd2a21fcc2c58d769c63fe5168fc7490e38eda2c060bdd"
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 1608 (131) — An Act To Address Teacher Shortages Through Financial Assistance And Career Advancement Opportunities

## 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=SP0640&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0640&item=5&snum=131)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0640&item=1&snum=131)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0640&item=4&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Teresa PIERCE — primary (person)
- Bruce WHITE — cosponsor (person)
- Henry INGWERSEN — cosponsor (person)
- Janice DODGE — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly MURPHY — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret ROTUNDO — cosponsor (person)
- Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
- Michael TIPPING — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca MILLETT — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel ZAGER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-11** 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
- **2023-04-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-25** Reports READ
- **2023-05-25** On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-05-25** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-05-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-128) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-25** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-05-30** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-30** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-128) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2023-06-01** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-01** On motion of Representative BRENNAN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-01** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-01** Committee Amendment "A" (S-128) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-01** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-01** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-128). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-08** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2023-07-25** On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2023-07-25** 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-128) `reading-3`
- **2023-07-25** Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-128) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-485) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-128) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-128) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-485) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-128) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-485) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
- **2023-07-25** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-07-25** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-128) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-485) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2023-07-25** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-07-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-07-27** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49d501fa-91b4-4b16-bfca-8e050b84db84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).