---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Update Certain Higher Education Statutes"
description: "An Act To Update Certain Higher Education Statutes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 2098"
citation: "Maine LD 2098 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS", "PROVISIONS REVISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holly SARGENT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2a28d01-4431-4f42-8acc-bfb5492df5cf"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280101161"
source_hash: "d61c3cb0482a40bede9cb34c68cc59af71b89f27d53b6d5941c299fb44f0e86c"
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 2098 (132) — An Act To Update Certain Higher Education Statutes

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (H-853)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1413&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 630** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1413&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 2098 HP 1413** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1413&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **75–67** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **20–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Holly SARGENT — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07** Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2026-01-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-01-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17** Reports READ.
- **2026-03-17** On motion of Representative MURPHY of Scarborough, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-17** ROLL CALL NO. 654
- **2026-03-17** (Yeas 75 - Nays 67 - Absent 7 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)
- **2026-03-17** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-17** Committee Amendment "A" (H-853) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-17** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2026-03-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-853). `reading-3`
- **2026-03-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-18** Reports READ
- **2026-03-18** On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED in concurrence.
- **2026-03-18** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 774 Yeas 20 - Nays 12 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
- **2026-03-18** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2026-03-18** Committee Amendment "A" (H-853) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-18** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2026-03-19** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-19** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-853), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2026-03-19** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2026-03-24** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-03-24** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-04-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+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/f2a28d01-4431-4f42-8acc-bfb5492df5cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).