---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Strengthen Maine'S Workforce Through Certified Preapprenticeship Training Programs"
description: "An Act To Strengthen Maine'S Workforce Through Certified Preapprenticeship Training Programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1117"
citation: "Maine LD 1117 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["JOB TRAINING", "PREAPPRENTICESHIP", "PROGRAMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kilton WEBB"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-18"
last_action: "2025-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/864b6b78-fb27-473f-b3b0-1e0e7039d4d8"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097591"
source_hash: "efb328141a595418fe6648fb80d46163b43318aa9fe8057e4c1efd2b4b7d0d59"
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 1117 (132) — An Act To Strengthen Maine'S Workforce Through Certified Preapprenticeship Training Programs

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment C-A (H-388)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0736&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 306** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0736&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1117 HP 736** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0736&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **24–8** (pass) · upper
- ENACTMENT — **108–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kilton WEBB — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-18** Committee on Labor suggested and ordered printed.
- **2025-03-18** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-03-18** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-06-02** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-02** On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-02** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-02** Committee Amendment "A" (H-388) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-02** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-02** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-388). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-03** Reports Read
- **2025-06-03** On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED PREVAILED
- **2025-06-03** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 337 Yeas 24 - Nays 8 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-03** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-06-03** Committee Amendment "A" (H-388) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-03** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-388) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** Representative MOONEN of Portland REQUESTED a Roll Call.
- **2025-06-04** On further motion of the same Representative, TABLED pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
- **2025-06-04** Later today assigned. (Roll Call Requested.)
- **2025-06-04** Speaker laid before the House
- **2025-06-04** More than one-fifth of the members present expressed a desire for a roll call, which was ORDERED.
- **2025-06-04** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-04** ROLL CALL NO. 333
- **2025-06-04** (Yeas 108 - Nays 34 - Absent 9 - Excused 0)
- **2025-06-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-13** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-05-30T04:00:00+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/864b6b78-fb27-473f-b3b0-1e0e7039d4d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).