---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Prevent Student Homelessness"
description: "An Act To Prevent Student Homelessness"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 384"
citation: "Maine LD 384 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASSISTANCE", "HOUSING", "STUDENTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph RAFFERTY"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12bf3b85-aa56-46ec-b365-72e5bafea114"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096056"
source_hash: "a7c5da0d0a41c4a34c2b8adefd6eb212ffd70f5cbccff1fed157d2064e63bfa2"
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 384 (132) — An Act To Prevent Student Homelessness

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-155)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0150&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment S-A (S-454)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0150&item=4&snum=132)
3. **Chapter 453** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0150&item=6&snum=132)
4. **LD 384 SP 150** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0150&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **81–62** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **28–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joseph RAFFERTY — primary (person)
- Glenn CURRY — cosponsor (person)
- Henry INGWERSEN — cosponsor (person)
- Janice DODGE — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph BALDACCI — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly MURPHY — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy NANGLE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-02-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **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.
- **2025-05-28** Reports READ
- **2025-05-28** On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED.
- **2025-05-28** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 247 Yeas 28 - Nays 6 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2025-05-28** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-05-28** Committee Amendment "A" (S-155) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-28** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-155) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Sent down for concurrence.
- **2025-05-29** Reports READ.
- **2025-05-29** On motion of Representative MURPHY of Scarborough, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-29** ROLL CALL NO. 228
- **2025-05-29** (Yeas 81 - Nays 62 - Absent 8 - Excused 0)
- **2025-05-29** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-29** Committee Amendment "A" (S-155) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-29** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-05-29** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-155). `reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-02** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence.
- **2025-06-25** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
- **2025-06-25** On motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-454) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-155) and Senate Amendment "A" (S-454) In NON-CONCURRENCE. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-25** Sent down for concurrence
- **2025-06-25** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-155) and Senate Amendment "A" (S-454) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-25** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-07-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-05-23T04:00:00+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/12bf3b85-aa56-46ec-b365-72e5bafea114`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).