---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Expand And Strengthen The Competitive Skills Scholarship Program"
description: "An Act To Expand And Strengthen The Competitive Skills Scholarship Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1394"
citation: "Maine LD 1394 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPETITIVE SKILLS SCHOLARSHIP PRO", "JOB TRAINING", "PROGRAMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Margaret ROTUNDO"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-28"
last_action: "2023-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8b58953-7554-41ba-a1fa-27cded7faa52"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088121"
source_hash: "22cb87f6b048c63abde74e511e16e2b2056772b02db2cfb3a5d6a19376d9098e"
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 1394 (131) — An Act To Expand And Strengthen The Competitive Skills Scholarship 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=SP0561&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0561&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0561&item=3&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **22–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Margaret ROTUNDO — primary (person)
- Amy ROEDER — cosponsor (person)
- Charles SKOLD — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn CURRY — cosponsor (person)
- Kristen CLOUTIER — cosponsor (person)
- Marc MALON — cosponsor (person)
- Michael TIPPING — cosponsor (person)
- Traci GERE — cosponsor (person)
- Valli GEIGER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-28** Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-03-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-06-06** Reports Read
- **2023-06-06** On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-06** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 217 Yeas 22 - Nays 13 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2023-06-06** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-06** Committee Amendment "A" (S-169) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-169) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-06-07** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-07** On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-07** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-169) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-07** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-169). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-15** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-02T04:00:00+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/c8b58953-7554-41ba-a1fa-27cded7faa52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).