republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-1653.md

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Bill	An Act To Develop Maine'S Credentialed Workforce	An Act To Develop Maine'S Credentialed Workforce	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 1653	Maine LD 1653 (132)	bill	CREDENTIALED WORKFORCE JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS	enacted	Holly SARGENT	3	23	0	2025-04-15	2025-06-17	openstates	ocd-bill/b0e79fda-de63-451e-96c1-23a0afe4af0a	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098502	dffe545cf2c4ca5d94307c318068d736c2a3ca26c751d6596ae32cf845f0edfa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1653 (132) — An Act To Develop Maine'S Credentialed Workforce

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (H-375) (committee substitute) — source
2. Chapter 324 (committee substitute) — source
3. LD 1653 HP 1094 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Holly SARGENT — primary (person)
• Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
• Christina MITCHELL — cosponsor (person)
• Janice DODGE — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly MURPHY — cosponsor (person)
• Laurie OSHER — cosponsor (person)
• Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
• Michael TIPPING — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-04-15 Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
• 2025-04-15 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. referral-committee
• 2025-04-15 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-04-15 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS in concurrence referral-committee
• 2025-06-02 Reports READ.
• 2025-06-02 On motion of Representative MURPHY of Scarborough, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2025-06-02 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-06-02 Committee Amendment "A" (H-375) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-06-02 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2025-06-02 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-375). reading-3
• 2025-06-02 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-03 Reports Read
• 2025-06-03 On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED
• 2025-06-03 Bill READ ONCE reading-1
• 2025-06-03 Committee Amendment "A" (H-375) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-06-03 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-375) in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2025-06-03 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2025-06-03 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-03 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2025-06-17 Became Law without Governor's Signature became-law
• 2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2025-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b0e79fda-de63-451e-96c1-23a0afe4af0a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).