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IntroducedJan 14, 2025
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Signed into Law
HP 98, An Act To Allow School Boards To Expel Or Suspend Students Regardless Of Grade Level
Last Action See all actions
House • Jun 13, 2025: Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary/Bill Text
Comments on LD 165
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Arthur Mingocosponsor
- Jennifer Poiriercosponsor
- Tiffany Stroutcosponsor
- David Woodsomecosponsor
Votes
NO: 8
- Kelly Murphy
- Joseph Rafferty
- Michael Brennan
- Ed Crockett
- Jan Dodge
- Christina Mitchell
- Teresa Pierce
- Holly Sargent
OTHER: 0
YES: 75
- ABDI
- ANKELES
- ARCHER
- ARFORD
- BECK
- BELL
- BOYER
- BRENNAN
- BRIDGEO
- BUNKER
- CLOUTIER
- CLUCHEY
- COPELAND
- CRAFTS
- CROCKETT
- DEBRITO
- DHALAC
- DODGE
- DOUDERA
- FAIRCLOTH
- FARRIN
- FECTEAU
- FRIEDMANN
- GATTINE
- GEIGER
- GERE
- GOLEK
- GRAHAM
- GRAMLICH
- HASENFUS
- HEPLER
- JULIA
- KESSLER
- KUHN
- LAJOIE
- LEE
- LOOKNER
- MACIAS
- MALON
- MATHIESON
- MATLACK
- MCCABE
- MEYER
- MILLIKEN
- MITCHELL
- MONTELL
- MOONEN
- MURPHY
- O'HALLORAN
- OSHER
- PLUECKER
- PUGH
- RANA
- RAY
- RIELLY
- ROBERTS
- ROEDER
- ROLLINS
- RUNTE
- SACHS
- SALISBURY
- SARGENT
- SATO
- SAYRE
- SHAGOURY
- SINCLAIR
- SKOLD
- STOVER
- SUPICA
- TERRY
- WARREN
- WEBB
- WHITE
- YUSUF
- ZAGER
NO: 72
- ADAMS
- ALBERT
- ARATA
- ARDELL
- BABIN
- BAGSHAW
- BISHOP
- BLIER
- CAMPBELL
- CARLOW
- CARUSO
- CHAPMAN
- CIMINO
- COLLAMORE
- COLLINS
- COOPER
- CRAY
- DAIGLE
- DILL
- DRINKWATER
- DUCHARME
- EDER
- FAULKINGHAM
- FLYNN
- FOLEY
- FOSTER
- FREDERICKS
- FREDETTE
- GIFFORD
- GREENWOOD
- GUERRETTE
- HAGGAN
- HALL
- HENDERSON
- HYMES
- JACKSON
- JAVNER
- LANCE
- LANIGAN
- LEMELIN
- LIBBY
- LYMAN
- MASON
- MASTRACCIO
- MCINTYRE
- MINGO
- MORRIS
- NUTTING
- OLSEN
- PARRY
- PAUL
- PERKINS
- POIRIER
- POMERLEAU
- QUINT
- RUDNICKI
- SCHMERSAL-BURGESS
- SIMMONS
- SMITH
- SOBOLESKI
- STROUT
- SWALLOW
- THORNE
- TUELL
- UNDERWOOD
- WADSWORTH
- WALKER
- James Lee White
- WOOD
- WOODSOME
Actions
- Jun 13, 2025 | House
- Reports READ.
- On motion of Representative MURPHY of Scarborough, REPORT A Ought Not to Pass was ACCEPTED.
- ROLL CALL NO. 473
- (Yeas 75 - Nays 72 - Absent 2 - Excused 2)
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Jun 13, 2025 | Senate
- On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York Report A Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
- Jun 12, 2025 | legislature
- Reported Out - ONTP/OTP-AM/OTP
- May 16, 2025 | legislature
- Work Session (Cross Building, Room 208)
- Work Session Held
- Voted - Divided Report
- May 09, 2025 | legislature
- Work Session (Cross Building, Room 208)
- Work Session Held - TABLED
- Mar 21, 2025 | House
- Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- Mar 13, 2025 | legislature
- Public Hearing (Cross Building, Room 208)
- Jan 14, 2025 | Senate
- The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS in concurrence
- Jan 14, 2025 | House
- Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS.
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
Documents
- Fiscal Note for Amendment C-A (H-673) ()HTML
- Fiscal Note for Amendment C-A (H-673) ()PDF
- Fiscal StatusHTML
- Fiscal StatusPDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Elizabeth Allen (Coalition on Racial Equity)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Bayleigh Alley (AOS 96)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Jessica Anderson (Count Me In)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Connor Archer (The Courageous Steps Project)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Holly Blair (Maine Principals' Association)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Christina Boursaw (Monmouth)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Christina Brackley (Waterville)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Eric Brooks (Harrington Elementary School)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Leland Caron (CARIBOU)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Jeffery Chick (MSAD 37)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Ashley Cirone (Harrington)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Jan Collins (Wilton/MPAC)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Sophie Creamer (Portland Outright)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Nancy Cronin (Maine Developmental Disabilities Council)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Nancy Cronin (Maine Developmental Disabilities Council)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Deb Davis (Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Toshia Day-Benner (Rose M. Gaffney School)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Madeleine DesFosses (Maine Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Susan Dow (Machias School Department)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Rita Furlow (Maine Children's Alliance)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Cindy Gish (Geiger Elementary School)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Tucker Goddu (Cumberland Center)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Melissa Hackett (Maine Child Welfare Action Network)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Sean Hanson (Kennebunk)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Jesse Hargrove (Maine Education Association)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Benjamin Harris (Dayton)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Bonnie Hicks (Windham )PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Hannah Hussey (GLAD Law)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Erin Ireland (Easton Elementary School)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Sarah Johnson (Sanford)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Olivia Kelly (Restorative Justice Project Maine)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Eileen King (Maine School Management Association)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Jake Langlais (Lewiston Public Schools)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Wendy LeBlanc (Saco Schools)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Heide Lester (EqualityMaine)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Hannah Longley (NAMI Maine)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Margaret MacLellan (Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Joseph Mastraccio (Shapleigh)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Alberto Morales (South Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Victoria Morales (South Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by David Motel (Waterville )PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Lindsey Nadeau (Biddeford Schools)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by April Noble (Saco)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Robin Pineo (MSAD #37)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Scott Porter (AOS 96)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Jeremy Ray (Biddeford, Saco, and Dayton School Departments)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Alicia Rea (American Civil Liberties Union of Maine)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Alicia Rea (LGBTQ+ Coalition)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Atlee Reilly (Disability Rights Maine)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Caitlyn Roy (East Machias)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Kim Sampietro (Dayton Consolidated School)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Gretchen Scheibel (Topsham)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Benjamin Sirois (Valley Unified Regional Service Center)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Katherine Tarpley (Pine Tree Legal Assistance)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by William Tuell (Maine State Legislature)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Roy Ulrickson (Autism Society of Maine)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Sarah Wilkinson (Old Orchard Beach)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 13, 2025 by Tracy Williams (Farmington)PDF
Sources
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ld=165&SessionID=16
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280095748
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/subjects.asp?ID=280095748
- https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=165&PID=1456&snum=132
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095748