---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Ensure Continued School-Based Services For Children With Disabilities"
description: "An Act To Ensure Continued School-Based Services For Children With Disabilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 854"
citation: "Maine LD 854 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "DISABLED PERSONS", "SCHOOL-BASED SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michele MEYER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3fe95c2-8bb0-4cc2-9480-597276a73fcd"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079322"
source_hash: "161337caf5826bc3509ad18a6f333cd6d03a6b193f0cea5172f66baf637ebf54"
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 854 (130) — An Act To Ensure Continued School-Based Services For Children With Disabilities

## 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=HP0622&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0622&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0622&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Michele MEYER — primary (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph BALDACCI — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret CRAVEN — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca MILLETT — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2021-03-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-03-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence `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.
- **2021-06-08** 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" (H-444). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-09** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2021-06-09** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09** Committee Amendment "A" (H-444) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-09** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-444), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-09** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2021-06-09** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2021-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-06-07T04:00:00+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/b3fe95c2-8bb0-4cc2-9480-597276a73fcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).