republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/128/ld-1286.md

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Bill	An Act To Require Background Checks For All School Employees	An Act To Require Background Checks For All School Employees	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	128	LD 1286	Maine LD 1286 (128)	bill	SCHOOL PERSONNEL BACKGROUND CHECKS REQUIRED FOR ALL EMPLOYEES	enacted	MILLETT	1	31	1	2017-04-04	2018-06-27	openstates	ocd-bill/4a5ae73b-f73c-4987-a25a-d13339e5e0c1	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280064506	c82ffdba9ac9460875f9a2fa633fd0fa5a7229f8d0c7e0a4f089a4190678392c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1286 (128) — An Act To Require Background Checks For All School Employees

Version chain

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

1. Initial Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ENACTMENT — 33–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• MILLETT — primary (person)
• BREEN — cosponsor (person)
• DIAMOND — cosponsor (person)
• DION — cosponsor (person)
• FARNSWORTH — cosponsor (person)
• MAKER — cosponsor (person)
• MAREAN — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-04-04 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
• 2017-04-04 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. referral-committee
• 2017-04-04 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-06-08 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2017-06-08 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2017-06-08 Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2017-06-08 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-221). reading-2
• 2017-06-08 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2017-06-09 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2017-06-09 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2017-06-09 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-221).
• 2017-06-09 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-06-12 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2017-06-12 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-06-13 On motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT
• 2017-08-02 CARRIED OVER to any Special or Regular Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 601.
• 2018-05-02 CARRIED OVER to any Special Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 748.
• 2018-06-20 On Motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
• 2018-06-20 Under suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-221)
• 2018-06-20 Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) was ADOPTED
• 2018-06-20 On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-510) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) READ and ADOPTED
• 2018-06-20 Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-510) thereto ADOPTED In NON-CONCURRENCE
• 2018-06-20 PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-510) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE
• 2018-06-20 Sent down for concurrence
• 2018-06-21 The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-510) thereto.
• 2018-06-21 ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-06-21 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2018-06-21 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-06-21 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2018-06-21 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 696 Yeas 33 - Nays 0 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
• 2018-06-27 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4a5ae73b-f73c-4987-a25a-d13339e5e0c1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).