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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Broaden Educational Opportunities For Members Of The Maine National Guard"
description: "An Act To Broaden Educational Opportunities For Members Of The Maine National Guard"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1736"
citation: "Maine LD 1736 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NATIONAL GUARD", "BENEFITS", "TUITION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THIBODEAU"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-12-19"
last_action: "2018-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3ce0b46-c97f-4c92-9aca-60821672548b"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280067184"
source_hash: "77fab4d35140e5913da477099b944e9b66e15e26f3f3d9f1b1c4431d7e524379"
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 1736 (128) — An Act To Broaden Educational Opportunities For Members Of The Maine National Guard
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/SP063501.asp)
## Votes
- ENACTMENT — **330** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- THIBODEAU — primary (person)
- CYRWAY — cosponsor (person)
- DAVIS — cosponsor (person)
- DESCHAMBAULT — cosponsor (person)
- DOW — cosponsor (person)
- FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
- GILLWAY — cosponsor (person)
- GOLDEN — cosponsor (person)
- POULIOT — cosponsor (person)
- RYKERSON — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-12-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 19, 2017 and REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2018-04-09** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-09** Committee Amendment "A" (S-445) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-445). `reading-2`
- **2018-04-09** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2018-04-10** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2018-04-10** On OBJECTION of Representative LUCHINI of Ellsworth REMOVED.
- **2018-04-10** The Committee Report was READ.
- **2018-04-10** On motion of Representative LUCHINI of Ellsworth, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of the Committee Report.
- **2018-04-10** Later today assigned.
- **2018-04-11** Speaker laid before the House
- **2018-04-11** Subsequently, the Committee Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2018-04-11** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-11** Committee Amendment "A" (S-445) was READ.
- **2018-04-11** On motion of Representative FARRIN of Norridgewock, House Amendment "A" (H-743) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-445) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2018-04-11** On motion of Representative LUCHINI of Ellsworth, House Amendment "B" (H-748) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-445) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2018-04-11** Subsequently, Committee Amendment "A" (S-445) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-743) and House Amendment "B" (H-748) thereto was ADOPTED.
- **2018-04-11** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2018-04-11** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-445) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-743) and House Amendment "B" (H-748) thereto.
- **2018-04-11** In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
- **2018-04-11** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-04-12** On motion by Senator MASON of Androscoggin The Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED With PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-445) AS AMENDED BY House Amendment "A" (H-743) AND House Amendment "B" (H-748) thereto in concurrence
- **2018-04-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-04-13** On motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **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 KATZ of Kennebec taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2018-06-20** On motion by Senator MASON of Androscoggin Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence Roll Call Ordered `passage`
- **2018-06-20** Taken from the table by the President
- **2018-06-20** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-20** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 690 Yeas 33 - Nays 0 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2018-06-25** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3ce0b46-c97f-4c92-9aca-60821672548b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).