---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Law Governing The Competitive Skills Scholarship Program And Establish The Community Workforce Connections Program"
description: "An Act To Amend The Law Governing The Competitive Skills Scholarship Program And Establish The Community Workforce Connections Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1956"
citation: "Maine LD 1956 (132)"
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: "2025-05-07"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d49aedd4-09f2-4a4b-928f-ddea9c026efc"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280099173"
source_hash: "51b270b85759361e048ac3bf217b559c2cb3095e599537a93c086739eeaaf744"
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 1956 (132) — An Act To Amend The Law Governing The Competitive Skills Scholarship Program And Establish The Community Workforce Connections Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-304)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0764&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 396** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0764&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1956 SP 764** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0764&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- Enactment — **79–66** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Margaret ROTUNDO — primary (person)
- Amy ROEDER — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron RENY — cosponsor (person)
- Deqa DHALAC — cosponsor (person)
- Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
- Jill DUSON — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew BECK — cosponsor (person)
- Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
- Michael TIPPING — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-07** Committee on LABOR suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on LABOR Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-05-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-09** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-09** On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-09** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-09** Committee Amendment "A" (S-304) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-09** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-304) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-09** Sent down for concurrence
- **2025-06-09** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-09** On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-09** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-09** Committee Amendment "A" (S-304) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-09** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-09** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-304). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-09** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-10** ROLL CALL NO. 415
- **2025-06-10** (Yeas 79 - Nays 66 - Absent 4 - Excused 2)
- **2025-06-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-06-06T04:00:00+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/d49aedd4-09f2-4a4b-928f-ddea9c026efc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).