---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Exempt School Resource Officers From Department Of Education Background Check And Fingerprinting Requirements"
description: "An Act To Exempt School Resource Officers From Department Of Education Background Check And Fingerprinting Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1104"
citation: "Maine LD 1104 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL HISTORIES", "SCREENING", "FINGERPRINTING SCHOOL PERSONNEL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HAGGAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-03-21"
last_action: "2017-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fbe9a70-bde5-46c7-8ffa-8a9551df696a"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280064167"
source_hash: "50900abad85135c351f15ef49aad36271eca73256512028844860e6f1cc63f7b"
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 1104 (128) — An Act To Exempt School Resource Officers From Department Of Education Background Check And Fingerprinting Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP077801.asp)

## Sponsors

- HAGGAN — primary (person)
- BATTLE — cosponsor (person)
- CHACE — cosponsor (person)
- CUSHING — cosponsor (person)
- HARRINGTON — cosponsor (person)
- SIMMONS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-21** Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-03-21** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-03-21** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-30** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-05-30** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-05-30** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-283).
- **2017-05-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-31** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2017-05-31** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-31** Committee Amendment "A" (H-283) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-05-31** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-283), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-31** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2017-06-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fbe9a70-bde5-46c7-8ffa-8a9551df696a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).