---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding Adult Education Funding And Oversight"
description: "An Act Regarding Adult Education Funding And Oversight"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1705"
citation: "Maine LD 1705 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADULT EDUCATION", "FUNDING", "STATUTORY FUNDING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holly SARGENT"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-04-17"
last_action: "2026-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d036f5e-e2bb-4534-b739-a312854eefbb"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098613"
source_hash: "8c1a4e553f7a4e698684b500f5d1fb76faf6730c9cdedd2b90c5bd2b6e451e22"
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 1705 (132) — An Act Regarding Adult Education Funding And Oversight

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (H-611)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1140&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment S-A to C-A (S-684)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1140&item=4&snum=132)
3. **Chapter 722** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1140&item=5&snum=132)
4. **LD 1705 HP 1140** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1140&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- FINAL ENACTMENT — **105–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Holly SARGENT — primary (person)
- Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Anne GRAHAM — cosponsor (person)
- Christina MITCHELL — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel SHAGOURY — cosponsor (person)
- James LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
- Janice DODGE — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly MURPHY — cosponsor (person)
- Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne FARRIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-17** Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2025-04-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-06-10** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-06-10** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-611). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-11** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2025-06-11** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-11** Committee Amendment "A" (H-611) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-11** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-611), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-11** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2025-06-11** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2025-06-11** Representative MOONEN of Portland REQUESTED a Roll Call. More than one-fifth of the members present expressed a desire for a roll call, which was ORDERED.
- **2025-06-11** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
- **2025-06-11** Later today assigned.
- **2025-06-11** (Roll Call Ordered)
- **2025-06-11** Speaker laid before the House
- **2025-06-11** Subsequently, the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-11** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House being necessary, a total was taken.
- **2025-06-11** ROLL CALL NO. 439
- **2025-06-11** (Yeas 105 - Nays 34 - Absent 10 - Excused 2)
- **2025-06-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-12** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence
- **2025-06-25** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.
- **2026-04-13** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
- **2026-04-13** On motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-611) in concurrence. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** On further motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-611) was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-684) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-611) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-13** Committee Amendment "A" (H-611) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-684) thereto ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-611) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-684) thereto in NON-CONCURRENCE. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** Sent down for concurrence.
- **2026-04-13** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-611) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-684) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-06-10T04:00:00+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/0d036f5e-e2bb-4534-b739-a312854eefbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).