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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Maintain The Current Level Of Education Funding"
description: "An Act To Maintain The Current Level Of Education Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1207"
citation: "Maine LD 1207 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FREEZE CURRENT FUNDING LEVELS", "PROVISIONS REVISED", "SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph RAFFERTY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-22"
last_action: "2022-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08222163-4a5f-4647-9e41-142982979fad"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079833"
source_hash: "f585d9c30bbb881c9e95fcd3749dba41e93d33325a11ae9e275b33317334dd99"
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 1207 (130) — An Act To Maintain The Current Level Of Education Funding
## 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=SP0393&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0393&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0393&item=3&snum=130)
## Votes
- Final Passage — **1150** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **300** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Joseph RAFFERTY — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 22, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-07-19** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1302
- **2022-04-05** Reports Read
- **2022-04-05** On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2022-04-05** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2022-04-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-485) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-485) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-04-05** Sent down for concurrence
- **2022-04-05** Reports READ.
- **2022-04-05** On motion of Representative BRENNAN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2022-04-05** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-04-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-485) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-04-05** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2022-04-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-485). `reading-3`
- **2022-04-05** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-07** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2022-04-07** ROLL CALL NO. 531
- **2022-04-07** (Yeas 115 - Nays 0 - Absent 32 - Excused 0 - Vacant 4)
- **2022-04-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-11** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 729 Yeas 30 - Nays 0 - Excused 4 - Absent 0
- **2022-04-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2021-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Requested
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08222163-4a5f-4647-9e41-142982979fad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).