---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Expand Access To Justice In Rural Maine Through Legal Education"
description: "An Act To Expand Access To Justice In Rural Maine Through Legal Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1924"
citation: "Maine LD 1924 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "POLICIES AND PROGRAMS", "UMFK LEGAL EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-18"
last_action: "2022-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c134d9e-949e-441b-8b19-68af377ba552"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082488"
source_hash: "4903c89942e710db6bc8912098bb719446a35d6152bde6cae0dba22b9cf3562a"
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 1924 (130) — An Act To Expand Access To Justice In Rural Maine Through Legal Education

## 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=SP0679&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0679&item=5&snum=130)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0679&item=1&snum=130)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0679&item=4&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- John MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
- Roland MARTIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-18** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 18, 2022 and REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2022-03-22** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-22** Committee Amendment "A" (S-448) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-03-22** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-448). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-22** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2022-03-22** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2022-03-22** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2022-03-22** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-448). `reading-3`
- **2022-03-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-24** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-03-24** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-29** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2022-04-25** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2022-04-25** On motion by Same Senator Under suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-448) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Under further suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-448) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-635) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-448) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-448) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-635) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-448) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-635) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** Sent down for concurrence
- **2022-04-25** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-448) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-635) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-05-05** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+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/9c134d9e-949e-441b-8b19-68af377ba552`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).