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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Address Student Hunger Through Expanding Access To Free School Meals"
description: "An Act To Address Student Hunger Through Expanding Access To Free School Meals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1679"
citation: "Maine LD 1679 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FREE SCHOOL MEALS", "NUTRITION PROGRAMS", "SCHOOL PROGRAMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-04"
last_action: "2022-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6437c4b8-0ab5-40e8-950b-511f24bf0a90"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280080767"
source_hash: "17e72f2c267d075ef3757cc9558acf68810ac79770dfeee0788770e64abb564b"
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 1679 (130) — An Act To Address Student Hunger Through Expanding Access To Free School Meals
## 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=SP0540&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0540&item=5&snum=130)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0540&item=1&snum=130)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0540&item=4&snum=130)
## Votes
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **11726** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **330** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)
- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca MILLETT — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne SALISBURY — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-05-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on May 4, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** Reports READ
- **2021-06-07** On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2021-06-07** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 227 Yeas 33 - Nays 0 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2021-06-07** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-165) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-165) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-07** Sent down for concurrence
- **2021-06-08** Reports READ.
- **2021-06-08** On motion of Representative BRENNAN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-08** ROLL CALL NO. 169
- **2021-06-08** (Yeas 117 - Nays 26 - Absent 8 - Excused 0)
- **2021-06-08** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-08** Committee Amendment "A" (S-165) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-08** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-08** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-165). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-08** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-09** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **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
- **2022-04-25** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2022-04-25** On motion by Same Senator Under suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-165) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Under further suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-165) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-623) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-165) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-165) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-623) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-165) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-623) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** Sent down for concurrence
- **2022-04-25** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-165) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-623) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+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/6437c4b8-0ab5-40e8-950b-511f24bf0a90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).