---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Support Children'S Healthy Development And School Success"
description: "An Act To Support Children'S Healthy Development And School Success"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1712"
citation: "Maine LD 1712 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EARLY EDUCATION", "PRESCHOOL FUNDED", "SCHOOL POLICIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-17"
last_action: "2021-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e13a882e-4788-4524-abc9-63d31a851192"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280080718"
source_hash: "8aae10755609286554a7e0571ec19ed8f791b2ba2777e957f0f879b72fd504b9"
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 1712 (130) — An Act To Support Children'S Healthy Development And School Success

## 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=SP0533&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0533&item=5&snum=130)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0533&item=1&snum=130)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0533&item=4&snum=130)

## Votes

- RECEDE AND CONCUR — **77–48** (pass) · lower
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **84–56** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)
- Bruce WHITE — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret CRAVEN — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Michele MEYER — cosponsor (person)
- Ned CLAXTON — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca MILLETT — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-17** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on May 17, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15** Reports READ
- **2021-06-15** On motion by Senator CLAXTON of Androscoggin The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2021-06-15** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-15** Committee Amendment "A" (S-293) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-15** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-293) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-15** Sent down for concurrence
- **2021-06-16** Reports READ.
- **2021-06-16** On motion of Representative MEYER of Eliot, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-16** ROLL CALL NO. 313
- **2021-06-16** (Yeas 84 - Nays 56 - Absent 11 - Excused 0)
- **2021-06-16** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-293) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-16** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-16** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-293). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-17** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2021-07-01** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2021-07-01** Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-293) in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2021-07-01** Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-293) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-01** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-365) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-293) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-01** Committee Amendment "A" (S-293) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-365) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-01** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-293) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-365) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
- **2021-07-01** Sent down for concurrence
- **2021-07-01** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-293) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-365) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2021-07-01** ROLL CALL NO. 413
- **2021-07-01** (Yeas 77 - Nays 48 - Absent 26 - Excused 0)
- **2021-07-01** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-07-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-07-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-07-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-07-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e13a882e-4788-4524-abc9-63d31a851192`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).