An Act To Amend The Social Work Education Loan Repayment Program
This bill amends Maine's Social Work Education Loan Repayment Program to change eligibility requirements and funding limits. It requires participants to live in the state and serve its residents for at least three years, rather than just serving residents. The program will reduce the number of eligible applicants from 100 to 25 per year while maintaining a $20,000 loan repayment cap per person. The legislation also authorizes $500,000 in state funds for each of the 2023-24 and 2024-25 fiscal years to support these repayments.
Bill status
died
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
Jun 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
Governor
Introduced Feb 14, 2023
Last action Nov 20, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 23, 2023
How they voted
21–12
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 35
May 23, 2023
D
Democratic22
95% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Nay
R
Republican12
91% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Jun 1, 2023
Lower · Passed
PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
lower
May 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
Committee Amendment "A" (H-156) READ and ADOPTED
upper
May 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
On motion by Senator CURRY of Waldo the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
upper
May 23, 2023
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (21-12-2)
senate
May 18, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee Amendment "A" (H-156) was READ and ADOPTED.
lower
May 18, 2023
Lower · Passed
On motion of Representative ROBERTS of South Berwick, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
lower
May 17, 2023
Legislature · Passed
Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
legislature
Feb 14, 2023
Committee
On motion by Senator Pierce of Cumberland, REFERRED to the Committee on Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business, in concurrence.
upper
Feb 14, 2023
Committee
On motion of Representative BRENNAN of Portland, the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS.
lower
Feb 14, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed.
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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