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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish The Maine Green Schools Network"
description: "An Act To Establish The Maine Green Schools Network"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1543"
citation: "Maine LD 1543 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION DEPT", "GREEN SCHOOLS NETWORK", "POWERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph RAFFERTY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-10"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e38c552-d6b0-4fa7-b801-73d32470b9f6"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098345"
source_hash: "529c8940b5ac654c7d6e591ff42f9752d4616635edb244f5d28c4fce5d022d00"
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 1543 (132) — An Act To Establish The Maine Green Schools Network
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment C-A (S-316)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0627&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 422** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0627&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1543 SP 627** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0627&item=1&snum=132)
## Votes
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **2014** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **7671** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Joseph RAFFERTY — primary (person)
- Christina MITCHELL — cosponsor (person)
- Janice DODGE — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly MURPHY — cosponsor (person)
- Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-04-10** Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-04-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-09** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-09** On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
- **2025-06-09** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 404 Yeas 20 - Nays 14 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-09** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-09** Committee Amendment "A" (S-316) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-09** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-316) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-09** Sent down for concurrence
- **2025-06-10** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-10** On motion of Representative MURPHY of Scarborough, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-10** ROLL CALL NO. 400
- **2025-06-10** (Yeas 76 - Nays 71 - Absent 2 - Excused 2)
- **2025-06-10** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-10** Committee Amendment "A" (S-316) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-10** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-10** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-316). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-24** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
- **2025-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-06-06T04:00:00+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/1e38c552-d6b0-4fa7-b801-73d32470b9f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).