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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Increase The Number Of Recipients Under The Tuition Waiver Program For Participants In Foster Care"
description: "An Act To Increase The Number Of Recipients Under The Tuition Waiver Program For Participants In Foster Care"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1566"
citation: "Maine LD 1566 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "TUITION WAIVERS", "FOSTER CARE PARTICIPANTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russell BLACK"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-16"
last_action: "2019-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a57a52df-171e-4ae2-9f64-a944330f8d7c"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073370"
source_hash: "7d1ad2b028ce7c4731bbfea1bff086d787a01fbcc81c3819161c82733ce80449"
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 1566 (129) — An Act To Increase The Number Of Recipients Under The Tuition Waiver Program For Participants In Foster Care
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0500&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0500&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0500&item=3&snum=129)
## Votes
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **350** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **8949** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Russell BLACK — primary (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Paul DAVIS — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen STANLEY — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-04-16** 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
- **2019-04-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-23** Reports Read
- **2019-05-23** On motion by Senator MILLETT of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-23** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 126 Yeas 35 - Nays 0 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2019-05-23** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-05-23** Committee Amendment "A" (S-138) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-05-23** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-138) `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-05-28** Reports READ.
- **2019-05-28** On motion of Representative KORNFIELD of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-28** ROLL CALL NO. 129
- **2019-05-28** (Yeas 89 - Nays 49 - Absent 10 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
- **2019-05-28** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-28** Committee Amendment "A" (S-138) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-28** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-05-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-138).
- **2019-05-28** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-29** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-30** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-06** 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/a57a52df-171e-4ae2-9f64-a944330f8d7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).