---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Create A Regional Grant Program To Help Rural Businesses Find Qualified Staff"
description: "An Act To Create A Regional Grant Program To Help Rural Businesses Find Qualified Staff"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 492"
citation: "Maine LD 492 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS ASSISTANCE", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "PROGRAM TO FIND QUALIFIED STAFF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harold STEWART"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a59b34fb-bf54-4f6f-ba00-c46e8c226eec"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078800"
source_hash: "f8a8b72671fb71dc00860df7931e14846f20649d3dc0b8d323bc1c4d941d5238"
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 492 (130) — An Act To Create A Regional Grant Program To Help Rural Businesses Find Qualified Staff

## 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=SP0200&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0200&item=5&snum=130)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0200&item=1&snum=130)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0200&item=4&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Harold STEWART — primary (person)
- Kyle BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Louis LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
- Susan BERNARD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 17, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-05-19** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2021-05-19** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-19** Committee Amendment "A" (S-74) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-05-19** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-74). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2021-05-19** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-05-19** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-05-19** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-74). `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-03** 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-74) 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-74) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-01** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-373) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-74) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-01** Committee Amendment "A" (S-74) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-373) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-01** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-74) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-373) 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-74) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-373) thereto. `reading-3`
- **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`
- **2021-07-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+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/a59b34fb-bf54-4f6f-ba00-c46e8c226eec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).