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Bill	An Act To Strengthen Maine'S Elementary And Secondary Education System By Clarifying Purposes And Procedures For Reviews Of Schools	An Act To Strengthen Maine'S Elementary And Secondary Education System By Clarifying Purposes And Procedures For Reviews Of Schools	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 1420	Maine LD 1420 (131)	bill	BASIC SCHOOL APPROVAL EDUCATION DEPT POWERS	enacted	Rebecca MILLETT	5	40	2	2023-03-30	2023-07-07	openstates	ocd-bill/9fd899a2-e035-4032-bfd0-263d6053190c	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088215	e8a019f78f7e9d5957eadcfe7d040a26aa3ee41932902265c2b55a8aa4f6a3b2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1420 (131) — An Act To Strengthen Maine'S Elementary And Secondary Education System By Clarifying Purposes And Procedures For Reviews Of Schools

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. Divided Reports (committee substitute) — source
4. Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
5. Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 73–72 (pass) · lower
• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — 15–18 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Rebecca MILLETT — primary (person)
• Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
• Janice DODGE — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly MURPHY — cosponsor (person)
• Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
• Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
• Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-30 Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
• 2023-03-30 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. referral-committee
• 2023-03-30 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-03-30 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS in concurrence referral-committee
• 2023-03-30 Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
• 2023-06-20 Reports READ.
• 2023-06-20 On motion of Representative BRENNAN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2023-06-20 ROLL CALL NO. 259
• 2023-06-20 (Yeas 73 - Nays 72 - Absent 5 - Excused 1)
• 2023-06-20 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2023-06-20 Committee Amendment "A" (H-581) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2023-06-20 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2023-06-20 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-581). reading-3
• 2023-06-20 HELD at the Request of Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor.
• 2023-06-22 RELEASED.
• 2023-06-22 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-22 Reports READ
• 2023-06-22 Senator RAFFERTY of York moved to Accept The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report
• 2023-06-22 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 439 Yeas 15 - Nays 18 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 FAILED
• 2023-06-22 Senator STEWART of Aroostook moved to ACCEPT the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report in NON-CONCURRENCE.
• 2023-06-22 On motion by Senator DAUGHTRY of Cumberland TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook to ACCEPT the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report in NON-CONCURRENCE.
• 2023-06-22 Taken from the table by the President
• 2023-06-22 Senator STEWART of Aroostook asked and received leave of the Senate to Withdraw his motion to Accept the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report. withdrawal
• 2023-06-22 On motion by Same Senator The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
• 2023-06-22 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2023-06-22 Committee Amendment "A" (H-581) READ
• 2023-06-22 On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York Senate Amendment "A" (S-427) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-581) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-22 Committee Amendment "A" (H-581) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-427) thereto ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-22 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-581) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-427) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE reading-2, reading-3
• 2023-06-22 Sent down for concurrence
• 2023-06-23 The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-581) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-427) thereto. reading-3
• 2023-06-23 ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-26 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2023-06-26 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-27 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2023-07-07 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2023-06-16T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9fd899a2-e035-4032-bfd0-263d6053190c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).