---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Authorize A General Fund Bond Issue To Build Maine'S Workforce Development Capacity By Modernizing And Improving The Facilities And Infrastructure Of Maine'S Public Universities"
description: "An Act To Authorize A General Fund Bond Issue To Build Maine'S Workforce Development Capacity By Modernizing And Improving The Facilities And Infrastructure Of Maine'S Public Universities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 836"
citation: "Maine LD 836 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOND ISSUES", "EDUCATION", "UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JORGENSEN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-03-07"
last_action: "2018-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/378b2052-0d03-4d1e-b434-b09a6b9fc73b"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063761"
source_hash: "e84e92a9139f382d4fa7dda7514bf34ba37e42b1829f64ea88b3f8d0639d5120"
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 836 (128) — An Act To Authorize A General Fund Bond Issue To Build Maine'S Workforce Development Capacity By Modernizing And Improving The Facilities And Infrastructure Of Maine'S Public Universities

## 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/HP058501.asp)

## Votes

- Enactment - Bond Issue — **75–47** (fail) · lower
- RECEDE AND CONCUR (2/3) — **135–8** (pass) · lower
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **109–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JORGENSEN — primary (person)
- BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- DILL — cosponsor (person)
- HARVELL — cosponsor (person)
- HUBBELL — cosponsor (person)
- MAKER — cosponsor (person)
- MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
- PIERCE — cosponsor (person)
- SAVIELLO — cosponsor (person)
- STEWART — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-07** Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-03-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-03-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-08-02** CARRIED OVER to any Special or Regular Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1138.
- **2017-08-02** Carried over to any special or regular session, or both, of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1138.
- **2018-05-02** CARRIED OVER to any Special Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 748.
- **2018-05-02** Carried over to the next special session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 748.
- **2018-06-25** Reports READ.
- **2018-06-25** On motion of Representative GATTINE of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2018-06-25** ROLL CALL NO. 689
- **2018-06-25** (Yeas 109 - Nays 17 - Absent 25 - Excused 0)
- **2018-06-25** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-25** Committee Amendment "A" (H-802) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2018-06-25** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2018-06-25** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-802).
- **2018-06-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-06-25** Reports Read
- **2018-06-25** On motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2018-06-25** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2018-06-25** Committee Amendment "A" (H-802) READ and ADOPTED
- **2018-06-25** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-802) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2018-06-25** This being a Bond Authorization Act, in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 of Article IX of the Constitution, a two-thirds vote of the membership of the House present was necessary.
- **2018-06-25** FAILED PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
- **2018-06-25** ROLL CALL NO. 690
- **2018-06-25** (Yeas 75 - Nays 47 - Absent 29 - Excused 0)
- **2018-06-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-06-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - 2/3 Present Required In NON-CONCURRENCE `passage`
- **2018-06-26** Sent down for concurrence
- **2018-07-09** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
- **2018-07-09** This being a Bond Authorization Act, in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 of Article IX of the Constitution, a two-thirds vote of the membership of the House present was necessary.
- **2018-07-09** ROLL CALL NO. 738
- **2018-07-09** (Yeas 135 - Nays 8 - Absent 8 - Excused 0)
- **2018-07-09** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-07-10** 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/378b2052-0d03-4d1e-b434-b09a6b9fc73b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).