---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide Career And Technical Education Students With Credit Toward High School Graduation For Work Completed In Career And Technical Education Centers And Regions"
description: "An Act To Provide Career And Technical Education Students With Credit Toward High School Graduation For Work Completed In Career And Technical Education Centers And Regions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 436"
citation: "Maine LD 436 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CTE CREDIT", "GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS", "SCHOOL POLICIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David WOODSOME"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f28d7446-bd20-4542-95cf-60c805b5349b"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085761"
source_hash: "6bdbb35f392d1800491bc6ca42205d622177ad8508db850e92713eff78834b46"
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 436 (131) — An Act To Provide Career And Technical Education Students With Credit Toward High School Graduation For Work Completed In Career And Technical Education Centers And Regions

## 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=HP0269&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0269&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0269&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- David WOODSOME — primary (person)
- Heidi SAMPSON — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas LANIGAN — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew HARRINGTON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-02-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-02-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 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.
- **2023-06-13** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-06-13** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-06-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-498). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-14** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2023-06-14** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (H-498) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-14** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-498), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2023-06-15** In accordance with the provisions of Section 21 of Article IX of the Constitution, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2023-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-06-13T04:00:00+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/f28d7446-bd20-4542-95cf-60c805b5349b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).