republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/128/ld-1592.md

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Bill	An Act To Remove Barriers To Professional Licensing For Veterans	An Act To Remove Barriers To Professional Licensing For Veterans	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	128	LD 1592	Maine LD 1592 (128)	bill	PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REG. DEP POWERS LICENSING REQUIREMENTS VETERANS	enacted	GOLDEN	1	22	1	2017-05-09	2017-06-08	openstates	ocd-bill/8c89bd70-4b45-445f-a324-8b3a0e703598	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280065286	baab6fe9fae4ff6f6e5e491c7b316b9122e0747af47e43da41f9e1121d917933	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1592 (128) — An Act To Remove Barriers To Professional Licensing For Veterans

Version chain

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

1. Initial Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Enactment — 145–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• GOLDEN — primary (person)
• BRAKEY — cosponsor (person)
• CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
• FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
• FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
• HERBIG — cosponsor (person)
• LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
• MASON — cosponsor (person)
• STETKIS — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-05-09 Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development suggested and ordered printed.
• 2017-05-09 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. referral-committee
• 2017-05-09 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-05-09 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT in concurrence referral-committee
• 2017-05-30 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2017-05-30 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2017-05-30 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-307).
• 2017-05-30 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-05-31 Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
• 2017-05-31 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2017-05-31 Committee Amendment "A" (H-307) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2017-05-31 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-307), in concurrence. reading-2
• 2017-05-31 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2017-06-05 On motion of Representative FREDETTE of Newport, TABLED pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
• 2017-06-05 Later today assigned. (Roll Call Ordered)
• 2017-06-06 Speaker laid before the House
• 2017-06-06 Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2017-06-06 ROLL CALL NO. 255
• 2017-06-06 (Yeas 145 - Nays 0 - Absent 5 - Excused 1)
• 2017-06-06 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-06-08 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2017-06-08 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c89bd70-4b45-445f-a324-8b3a0e703598. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).