---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Allow Retired Teachers And Educational Technicians To Be Recertified"
description: "An Act To Allow Retired Teachers And Educational Technicians To Be Recertified"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 753"
citation: "Maine LD 753 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RETIREMENT", "RETURN TO CLASSROOM", "TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph RAFFERTY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd6ca5f0-000b-4c4f-b2e5-a3a0a921d819"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086432"
source_hash: "0c38700bacd043868cd5c61fc930d7ee01d6feb678b5ddd789a588e43d7bf499"
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 753 (131) — An Act To Allow Retired Teachers And Educational Technicians To Be Recertified

## 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=SP0311&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0311&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0311&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Joseph RAFFERTY — primary (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** 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
- **2023-02-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-06-01** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-01** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-01** Committee Amendment "A" (S-152) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-01** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-152). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2023-06-06** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-06-06** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-06-06** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-152). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-12** 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** PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-07-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+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/fd6ca5f0-000b-4c4f-b2e5-a3a0a921d819`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).