---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, Directing The State Board Of Education To Amend Chapter 115: The Credentialing Of Education Personnel, A Major Substantive Rule Of The State Board Of Education"
description: "Resolve, Directing The State Board Of Education To Amend Chapter 115: The Credentialing Of Education Personnel, A Major Substantive Rule Of The State Board Of Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2221"
citation: "Maine LD 2221 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CERTIFICATION", "CREDENTIALS", "TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael BRENNAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-02-21"
last_action: "2024-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/893ebb6d-2c4e-4c39-a43f-dcbaa250d8e3"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280092072"
source_hash: "bb6b506bbe2d883c39b8a50c6e31b6b4d8737002a31622fc8d587ba390b77989"
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 2221 (131) — Resolve, Directing The State Board Of Education To Amend Chapter 115: The Credentialing Of Education Personnel, A Major Substantive Rule Of The State Board Of Education

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1424&item=1&snum=131)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1424&item=2&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Michael BRENNAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-21** Reported by Representative BRENNAN for the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs pursuant to Resolve 2023, chapter 54, section 2.
- **2024-02-21** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2024-02-21** The Resolve was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-21** Under suspension of the rules, the Resolve was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2024-02-21** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-02-22** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2024-02-22** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-02-22** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2024-02-27** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2024-02-27** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Ordered sent down forthwith
- **2024-02-28** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-02-29** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/893ebb6d-2c4e-4c39-a43f-dcbaa250d8e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).