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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Remove Barriers To Professional Licensing For Veterans"
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description: "An Act To Remove Barriers To Professional Licensing For Veterans"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "128"
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identifier: "LD 1592"
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citation: "Maine LD 1592 (128)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REG. DEP", "POWERS", "LICENSING REQUIREMENTS", "VETERANS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["GOLDEN"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-05-09"
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last_action: "2017-06-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c89bd70-4b45-445f-a324-8b3a0e703598"
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source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280065286"
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source_hash: "baab6fe9fae4ff6f6e5e491c7b316b9122e0747af47e43da41f9e1121d917933"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
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---
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# Maine LD 1592 (128) — An Act To Remove Barriers To Professional Licensing For Veterans
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP109601.asp)
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## Votes
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- Enactment — **145–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- GOLDEN — primary (person)
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- BRAKEY — cosponsor (person)
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- CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
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- FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
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- FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
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- HERBIG — cosponsor (person)
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- LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
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- MASON — cosponsor (person)
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- STETKIS — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-05-09** Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development suggested and ordered printed.
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- **2017-05-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2017-05-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT in concurrence `referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-30** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
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- **2017-05-30** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
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- **2017-05-30** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-307).
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- **2017-05-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2017-05-31** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
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- **2017-05-31** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2017-05-31** Committee Amendment "A" (H-307) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2017-05-31** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-307), in concurrence. `reading-2`
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- **2017-05-31** Ordered sent down forthwith.
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- **2017-06-05** On motion of Representative FREDETTE of Newport, TABLED pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
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- **2017-06-05** Later today assigned. (Roll Call Ordered)
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- **2017-06-06** Speaker laid before the House
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- **2017-06-06** Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2017-06-06** ROLL CALL NO. 255
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- **2017-06-06** (Yeas 145 - Nays 0 - Absent 5 - Excused 1)
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- **2017-06-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2017-06-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2017-06-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c89bd70-4b45-445f-a324-8b3a0e703598`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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