---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding Unallocated Balances In A School Administrative Unit School Budget"
description: "An Act Regarding Unallocated Balances In A School Administrative Unit School Budget"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1103"
citation: "Maine LD 1103 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FUND ACCOUNTS", "SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA", "UNALLOCATED BALANCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph RAFFERTY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-14"
last_action: "2025-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4b5869f-f67b-4b9a-87ef-09f46a7c3363"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097529"
source_hash: "a52f4ba9cdc393324ce8bd69c7f60bfe7f62199aa90cadc81b502cc66dffa379"
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 1103 (132) — An Act Regarding Unallocated Balances In A School Administrative Unit School Budget

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter 208** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0466&item=3&snum=132)
2. **LD 1103 SP 466** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0466&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Joseph RAFFERTY — primary (person)
- Christina MITCHELL — cosponsor (person)
- Holly SARGENT — cosponsor (person)
- Janice DODGE — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly HAGGAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 14, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-05-27** Reports READ.
- **2025-05-27** On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York The Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-27** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-27** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-05-28** Reports READ.
- **2025-05-28** On motion of Representative MURPHY of Scarborough, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-28** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-28** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-05-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-29** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-05-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4b5869f-f67b-4b9a-87ef-09f46a7c3363`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).