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IntroducedMar 04, 2025
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Passed HouseMay 28, 2025
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Passed SenateMay 29, 2025
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Signed into Law
HP 544, An Act To Ensure Behavioral And Mental Health Services Are Available To Students By Providing Grants To Schools That Contract For Those Services
Last Action See all actions
Senate • May 29, 2025: Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-289) in concurrence.
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Summary/Bill Text
Comments on LD 858
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Janice Dodgecosponsor
- Kelly Murphycosponsor
- Holly Sargentcosponsor
Votes
YES: 8
- Kelly Murphy
- Joseph Rafferty
- Michael Brennan
- Ed Crockett
- Jan Dodge
- Christina Mitchell
- Teresa Pierce
- Holly Sargent
NO: 4
- Barbara Bagshaw
- Kimberly Haggan
- James Libby
- Sheila Lyman
OTHER: 0
YES: 79
- ABDI
- ANKELES
- ARCHER
- ARFORD
- BECK
- BELL
- BOYER
- BRENNAN
- BRIDGEO
- BUNKER
- CLOUTIER
- CLUCHEY
- CRAFTS
- CRAY
- CROCKETT
- DEBRITO
- DHALAC
- DILL
- DODGE
- DOUDERA
- EATON
- FAIRCLOTH
- FARRIN
- FECTEAU
- FRIEDMANN
- FROST
- GATTINE
- GEIGER
- GERE
- GRAHAM
- GRAMLICH
- HASENFUS
- HEPLER
- JACKSON
- JULIA
- KESSLER
- KUHN
- LAJOIE
- LEE
- LOOKNER
- MACIAS
- MALON
- MASTRACCIO
- MATHIESON
- MATLACK
- MCCABE
- MEYER
- MILLIKEN
- MITCHELL
- MONTELL
- MOONEN
- MURPHY
- O'HALLORAN
- OSHER
- PLUECKER
- POIRIER
- PUGH
- RANA
- RAY
- RIELLY
- ROBERTS
- ROEDER
- ROLLINS
- RUNTE
- SACHS
- SALISBURY
- SARGENT
- SATO
- SAYRE
- SHAGOURY
- SINCLAIR
- SKOLD
- STOVER
- SUPICA
- TERRY
- WARREN
- WEBB
- YUSUF
- ZAGER
NO: 65
- ADAMS
- ALBERT
- ARATA
- ARDELL
- BABIN
- BAGSHAW
- BISHOP
- BLIER
- CAMPBELL
- CARLOW
- CARUSO
- CHAPMAN
- CIMINO
- COLLAMORE
- COLLINS
- COOPER
- DAIGLE
- DRINKWATER
- DUCHARME
- EDER
- FAULKINGHAM
- FLYNN
- FOLEY
- FOSTER
- FREDERICKS
- FREDETTE
- GIFFORD
- GREENWOOD
- GRIFFIN
- GUERRETTE
- HAGGAN
- HENDERSON
- HYMES
- JAVNER
- LANCE
- LAVIGNE
- LEMELIN
- LIBBY
- LYMAN
- MASON
- MCINTYRE
- MINGO
- NUTTING
- OLSEN
- PARRY
- PAUL
- PERKINS
- POMERLEAU
- QUINT
- RUDNICKI
- SCHMERSAL-BURGESS
- SIMMONS
- SMITH
- SOBOLESKI
- STROUT
- SWALLOW
- THORNE
- TUELL
- WADSWORTH
- James Lee White
- WHITE
- WOOD
- WOODSOME
Actions
- May 29, 2025 | Senate
- Reports Read
- On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- Bill READ ONCE.
- Committee Amendment "A" (H-289) READ and ADOPTED.
- Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-289) in concurrence.
- May 28, 2025 | House
- Reports READ.
- On motion of Representative MURPHY of Scarborough, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- ROLL CALL NO. 212
- (Yeas 79 - Nays 65 - Absent 7 - Excused 0)
- The Bill was READ ONCE.
- Committee Amendment "A" (H-289) was READ and ADOPTED.
- Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-289).
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- May 23, 2025 | legislature
- Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
- May 09, 2025 | legislature
- Work Session (Cross Building, Room 208)
- Work Session Held
- Voted - Divided Report
- Apr 08, 2025 | legislature
- Public Hearing (Cross Building, Room 208)
- 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 04, 2025 | Senate
- The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS in concurrence
- Mar 04, 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-289) (Adopted by House & Senate)HTML
- Fiscal Note for Amendment C-A (H-289) (Adopted by House & Senate)PDF
- Fiscal StatusHTML
- Fiscal StatusPDF
- Testimony on Apr 08, 2025 by Steven Bailey (Maine School Boards Association)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 08, 2025 by Ashleigh Barker (Maine Children's Alliance)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 08, 2025 by Adam Bloom-Paicopolos (Alliance for Addiction and Mental Health Services)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 08, 2025 by Mallory Cook (Maine Education Association)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 08, 2025 by Madeleine DesFosses (Maine Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 08, 2025 by Bonny Dodson (W)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 08, 2025 by Rebecca Edelman (The Maine School Counselor Association)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 08, 2025 by Blythe Edwards (Spurwink)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 08, 2025 by Lori Gramlich (Maine State Legislature)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 08, 2025 by Lindsey Hagan (Stevens Brook Elementary School)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 08, 2025 by Lisa Harvey-McPherson (Northern Light Health)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 08, 2025 by Heide Lester (EqualityMaine)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 08, 2025 by Hannah Longley (NAMI Maine)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 08, 2025 by Joanne M Grant (Saco)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 08, 2025 by John McAnuff (Sweetser)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 08, 2025 by Gay Anne McDonald (MADSEC)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 08, 2025 by Nathanna McGivney (Spurwink)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 08, 2025 by Eric Meyer (Spurwink Services)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 08, 2025 by Abbey O'Connor (Spurwink Services)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 08, 2025 by Stan Pelletier (Maine Counseling Association)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 08, 2025 by Julie Schirmer (National Association of Social Workers, Maine Chapter)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 08, 2025 by Julie Schirmer (Non Hispanic or Latino)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 08, 2025 by Betsy Sweet (Behavior Health Community Collaborative)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 08, 2025 by Melissa Walshe (Spurwink)PDF
Sources
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ld=858&SessionID=16
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280097136
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/subjects.asp?ID=280097136
- https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=858&PID=1456&snum=132
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097136