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Maine · 132nd Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

LD 1653: An Act To Develop Maine'S Credentialed Workforce

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

LD 1653 is a bill introduced in the Maine House on April 15, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act To Develop Maine'S Credentialed Workforce. Primary sponsor: Holly Sargent (Democratic). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 17, 2025): Became Law without Governor's Signature.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Holly SargentPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse147
Michael BrennanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse115
Jan DodgeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse39
Allison HeplerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse49
Christina MitchellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110
Kelly MurphyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse125
Laurie OsherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse25
Joe RaffertyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Mike TippingCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate8

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Became Law without Governor's Signature
  2. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
  3. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  4. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
  5. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-375) in concurrence.
  6. Committee Amendment "A" (H-375) READ and ADOPTED.
  7. Bill READ ONCE
  8. On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED
  9. Reports Read
  10. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  11. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-375).
  12. Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source