---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Enable Earlier Introduction Of Career And Technical Education In Maine Schools"
description: "An Act To Enable Earlier Introduction Of Career And Technical Education In Maine Schools"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1576"
citation: "Maine LD 1576 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPLIED TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION", "CURRICULUM", "MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LANGLEY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-05-04"
last_action: "2017-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7d138ce-c84f-431a-b361-4707ae0a70e1"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280065209"
source_hash: "a4295de62a725cb540c899be5a36b3c2041185b7bd0fdab542bd3ebd8cb01d80"
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 1576 (128) — An Act To Enable Earlier Introduction Of Career And Technical Education In Maine Schools

## 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/SP055401.asp)

## Sponsors

- LANGLEY — primary (person)
- DAVIS — cosponsor (person)
- GINZLER — cosponsor (person)
- KORNFIELD — cosponsor (person)
- McCREA — cosponsor (person)
- SAMPSON — cosponsor (person)
- SAVIELLO — cosponsor (person)
- TURNER — cosponsor (person)
- WHITTEMORE — cosponsor (person)
- WOODSOME — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-04** 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
- **2017-05-31** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2017-05-31** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-05-31** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-31** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2017-05-31** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-05-31** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-05-31** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2017-05-31** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT 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/a7d138ce-c84f-431a-b361-4707ae0a70e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).