An Act to Provide Funding to Improve the College and Career Readiness of Certain Students in Androscoggin and Oxford Counties

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

This bill would provide one-time funding to replace the United States Department of Education TRIO funding that has historically been awarded to the University of Maine at Farmington's River Valley Upward Bound Program.

Every action

8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Jan 7, 2026CommitteeCommittee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence · Joint Education and Cultural Affairs
2. Jan 7, 2026CommitteeThe Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. · Joint Education and Cultural Affairs
3. Feb 12, 2026SenateReports Read On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. Bill READ ONCE Committee Amendment "A" (S-500) READ and ADOPTED ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
4. Feb 24, 2026SenateCOMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED. READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-500) Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
5. Feb 26, 2026HouseReports READ. On motion of Representative MURPHY of Scarborough, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED. ROLL CALL NO. 626 (Yeas 72 - Nays 64 - Absent 13 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1) The Bill was READ ONCE. Committee Amendment "A" (S-500) 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" (S-500). In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
6. Mar 3, 2026HousePASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
7. Mar 5, 2026SenateOn motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence.
8. Apr 29, 2026SenateDied in Possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES. (DEAD)

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 1 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee and other votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 4 cosponsors: 2 Democrats, 1 Independent, 1 Republican.

• Jill C. DusonD Primary sponsor · District 27