---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Foster Career And Technical Education In Maine Schools By Creating An Additional Pathway To Certify Industrial Arts Teachers"
description: "An Act To Foster Career And Technical Education In Maine Schools By Creating An Additional Pathway To Certify Industrial Arts Teachers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1163"
citation: "Maine LD 1163 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CERTIFICATION", "INDUSTRIAL ARTS AND CTE", "TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nathan CARLOW"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-20"
last_action: "2025-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9144e94b-ac32-47fe-8ac8-eaee53e9d974"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097679"
source_hash: "0e71e43951f9ca1a6c0ac70d82a22c7cbc8802f6053e19fcfd88a4d7419d988b"
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 1163 (132) — An Act To Foster Career And Technical Education In Maine Schools By Creating An Additional Pathway To Certify Industrial Arts Teachers

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (H-515)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0768&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 68** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0768&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1163 HP 768** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0768&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Nathan CARLOW — primary (person)
- Holly SARGENT — cosponsor (person)
- James LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
- Janice DODGE — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly MURPHY — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- Sheila LYMAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-20** Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2025-03-20** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-03-20** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 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.
- **2025-06-09** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-06-09** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-06-09** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-515). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-09** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2025-06-09** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-09** Committee Amendment "A" (H-515) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-09** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-515), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-09** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2025-06-10** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2025-06-10** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2025-06-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-10** FINALLY PASSED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-06-05T04:00:00+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/9144e94b-ac32-47fe-8ac8-eaee53e9d974`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).