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Bill	An Act To Create A Regional Grant Program To Help Rural Businesses Find Qualified Staff	An Act To Create A Regional Grant Program To Help Rural Businesses Find Qualified Staff	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	130	LD 492	Maine LD 492 (130)	bill	BUSINESS ASSISTANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO FIND QUALIFIED STAFF	enacted	Harold STEWART	4	30	0	2021-02-17	2021-07-08	openstates	ocd-bill/a59b34fb-bf54-4f6f-ba00-c46e8c226eec	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078800	f8a8b72671fb71dc00860df7931e14846f20649d3dc0b8d323bc1c4d941d5238	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 492 (130) — An Act To Create A Regional Grant Program To Help Rural Businesses Find Qualified Staff

Version chain

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

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

Sponsors

• Harold STEWART — primary (person)
• Kyle BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
• Louis LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
• Susan BERNARD — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-17 Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 17, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS 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.
• 2021-05-19 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2021-05-19 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2021-05-19 Committee Amendment "A" (S-74) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2021-05-19 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-74). reading-2, reading-3
• 2021-05-19 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2021-05-19 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2021-05-19 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2021-05-19 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-74). reading-3
• 2021-05-19 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2021-06-02 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2021-06-02 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2021-06-03 On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
• 2021-07-01 On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
• 2021-07-01 Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-74) in concurrence reading-3
• 2021-07-01 Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-74) was ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-07-01 On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-373) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-74) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-07-01 Committee Amendment "A" (S-74) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-373) thereto ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-07-01 PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-74) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-373) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE reading-3
• 2021-07-01 Sent down for concurrence
• 2021-07-01 The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-74) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-373) thereto. reading-3
• 2021-07-01 ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2021-07-02 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2021-07-02 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2021-07-02 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2021-07-08 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a59b34fb-bf54-4f6f-ba00-c46e8c226eec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).