---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Support Maine Students Who Are Dependents Of Current Or Former Members Of The Military"
description: "An Act To Support Maine Students Who Are Dependents Of Current Or Former Members Of The Military"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1705"
citation: "Maine LD 1705 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS", "MILITARY FAMILIES", "SCHOOL POLICIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph BALDACCI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-05-11"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2cfa156-953c-40ca-884d-6786cac7fcaf"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280080857"
source_hash: "bdee7316d2a3d7ba673d82c16183a78da8e7d962d3e85ab06f9e9d6fad874a1b"
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 1705 (130) — An Act To Support Maine Students Who Are Dependents Of Current Or Former Members Of The Military

## Version chain

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

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0557&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0557&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0557&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Joseph BALDACCI — primary (person)
- Amy ROEDER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on May 11, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-08** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-08** Committee Amendment "A" (S-189) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-08** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-189). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-08** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2021-06-08** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-06-08** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-06-08** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-189). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-08** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-06-04T04:00:00+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/c2cfa156-953c-40ca-884d-6786cac7fcaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).