---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing The Foreign Credentialing And Skills Recognition Revolving Loan Program"
description: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing The Foreign Credentialing And Skills Recognition Revolving Loan Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1169"
citation: "Maine LD 1169 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FINANCE AUTHORITY", "FOREIGN CREDENTIALING", "PROGRAMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kristen CLOUTIER"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-16"
last_action: "2023-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2525bf7f-0fc3-4d95-a231-e7f7f5a0718c"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280087377"
source_hash: "d82b45227d77b147aa6ff8db9383f168721aba94668b9b0a7e0e0a137aeb87b3"
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 1169 (131) — An Act To Amend The Laws Governing The Foreign Credentialing And Skills Recognition Revolving Loan Program

## 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=HP0741&item=3&snum=131)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0741&item=2&snum=131)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0741&item=1&snum=131)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0741&item=4&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **79–57** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **21–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kristen CLOUTIER — primary (person)
- Deqa DHALAC — cosponsor (person)
- Mana ABDI — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret ROTUNDO — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
- Michel LAJOIE — cosponsor (person)
- Raegan LaROCHELLE — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel ZAGER — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffany ROBERTS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-16** Committee on Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-03-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-21** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-05-18** Reports READ.
- **2023-05-18** On motion of Representative ROBERTS of South Berwick, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-18** ROLL CALL NO. 87
- **2023-05-18** (Yeas 79 - Nays 57 - Absent 14 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2023-05-18** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-18** Committee Amendment "A" (H-157) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-05-18** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-157). `reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-23** Reports Read
- **2023-05-23** On motion by Senator CURRY of Waldo the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-157) Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
- **2023-05-23** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 158 Yeas 21 - Nays 12 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2023-05-23** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-05-23** Committee Amendment "A" (H-157) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-23** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-05-25** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-25** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-157), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2023-06-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-01** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-06** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2023-07-25** On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2023-07-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-07-27** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2525bf7f-0fc3-4d95-a231-e7f7f5a0718c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).