republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/129/ld-651.md

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Bill	An Act To Facilitate School Access To Federal Title I Funds And Improve The Delivery Of Special Education Services	An Act To Facilitate School Access To Federal Title I Funds And Improve The Delivery Of Special Education Services	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 651	Maine LD 651 (129)	bill	SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING COST DRIVERS	enacted	Richard FARNSWORTH	3	17	0	2019-02-07	2019-05-16	openstates	ocd-bill/bef80459-1c0b-4a37-a608-2ea7e369665f	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071617	2714e754d468af055b65797f95ac4765e953d36e2732848448977c1584a5b348	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 651 (129) — An Act To Facilitate School Access To Federal Title I Funds And Improve The Delivery Of Special Education Services

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

• Richard FARNSWORTH — primary (person)
• David McCREA — cosponsor (person)
• Heidi SAMPSON — cosponsor (person)
• James HANDY — cosponsor (person)
• Jessica FAY — cosponsor (person)
• Lois RECKITT — cosponsor (person)
• Norman HIGGINS — cosponsor (person)
• Paul STEARNS — cosponsor (person)
• Shawn BABINE — cosponsor (person)
• Shenna BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-07 Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
• 2019-02-07 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. referral-committee
• 2019-02-07 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-02-07 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS in concurrence referral-committee
• 2019-04-30 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2019-04-30 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2019-04-30 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-154).
• 2019-04-30 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-05-02 Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
• 2019-05-02 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2019-05-02 Committee Amendment "A" (H-154) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-05-02 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-154), in concurrence. reading-2
• 2019-05-02 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2019-05-07 FINALLY PASSED. passage
• 2019-05-07 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-05-08 FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-05-16 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bef80459-1c0b-4a37-a608-2ea7e369665f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).