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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill An Act To Include Student Absences For Mental Health Or Behavioral Health Needs As Excusable Absences An Act To Include Student Absences For Mental Health Or Behavioral Health Needs As Excusable Absences us/states/me Maine Legislature 129 LD 1855 Maine LD 1855 (129)
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SCHOOL POLICIES
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EXCUSABLE ABSENCES MENTAL HEALTH
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Joyce McCREIGHT
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Maine LD 1855 (129) — An Act To Include Student Absences For Mental Health Or Behavioral Health Needs As Excusable Absences

Version chain

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

  1. Adopted Amendments (committee substitute) — source
  2. Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
  3. Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

  • Joyce McCREIGHT — primary (person)
  • Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
  • Maureen TERRY — cosponsor (person)
  • Ned CLAXTON — cosponsor (person)
  • Richard FARNSWORTH — cosponsor (person)
  • Victoria DOUDERA — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-12-23 Received by the Clerk of the House on December 19, 2019.
  • 2019-12-23 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. referral-committee
  • 2020-02-06 Reports READ.
  • 2020-02-06 On motion of Representative KORNFIELD of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
  • 2020-02-06 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
  • 2020-02-06 Committee Amendment "A" (H-671) was READ and ADOPTED. passage
  • 2020-02-06 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
  • 2020-02-06 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-671).
  • 2020-02-06 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  • 2020-02-11 Reports Read
  • 2020-02-11 On motion by Senator MILLETT of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
  • 2020-02-11 READ ONCE reading-1
  • 2020-02-11 Committee Amendment "A" (H-671) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
  • 2020-02-11 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
  • 2020-02-13 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
  • 2020-02-13 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-671), in concurrence. reading-2
  • 2020-02-13 Ordered sent down forthwith.
  • 2020-02-18 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
  • 2020-02-18 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  • 2020-02-20 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
  • 2020-02-21 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7d1bdf14-a388-4169-bd18-167adc7ee6b7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).