---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding Reciprocal Licensure For Professional Engineers"
description: "An Act Regarding Reciprocal Licensure For Professional Engineers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 576"
citation: "Maine LD 576 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENGINEERS", "LICENSING", "RECIPROCITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael TIPPING"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56ad1381-7a58-46a2-975b-cace3af015ec"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096581"
source_hash: "7ebba40df385ea5b82a34455b7a7398e43e45f403cc6fbfb8c0ff4a4fae0fc4c"
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 576 (132) — An Act Regarding Reciprocal Licensure For Professional Engineers

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter 89** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0257&item=2&snum=132)
2. **LD 576 SP 257** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0257&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Michael TIPPING — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 19, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR 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.
- **2025-05-13** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-13** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-05-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-05-14** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-05-14** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-05-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP
- **2025-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56ad1381-7a58-46a2-975b-cace3af015ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).