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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require The University Of Maine School Of Law To Provide An Online Degree Program"
description: "An Act To Require The University Of Maine School Of Law To Provide An Online Degree Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 375"
citation: "Maine LD 375 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW SCHOOL", "ONLINE DEGREE PROGRAM", "UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harold STEWART"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f20850cb-ffd2-4da5-a646-21dc5287ad65"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096087"
source_hash: "02f737b032a5379dc60b1584296db4fa0a33153385274d39c47736e2cf6147f4"
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 375 (132) — An Act To Require The University Of Maine School Of Law To Provide An Online Degree Program
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment C-A (S-78)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0170&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 46** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0170&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 375 SP 170** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0170&item=1&snum=132)
## Sponsors
- Harold STEWART — primary (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- James LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
- Jill DUSON — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-30** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 30, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-05-14** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-14** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-78) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-14** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-78). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-05-20** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-05-20** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-05-20** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-78). `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-22** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-22** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-04** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f20850cb-ffd2-4da5-a646-21dc5287ad65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).