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LD1461 • 2025

An Act to Prohibit School Boards from Implementing or Enforcing Mask Mandates

An Act to Prohibit School Boards from Implementing or Enforcing Mask Mandates

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Sponsor
Representative John Eder
Last action
2025-06-05
Official status
Reports Read On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Report A Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 376 Yeas 19 - Nays 13 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
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An Act to Prohibit School Boards from Implementing or Enforcing Mask Mandates

An Act to Prohibit School Boards from Implementing or Enforcing Mask Mandates Sponsor: Representative John Eder Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM/OTP-AM

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Prohibit School Boards from Implementing or Enforcing Mask Mandates Sponsor: Representative John Eder Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM/OTP-AM

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1583(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1583(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1461 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.
Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1583(03) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1583(03) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1461 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-05 Senate

    Reports Read On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Report A Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 376 Yeas 19 - Nays 13 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-06-04 House

    Speaker laid before the House On motion of Representative MURPHY of Scarborough, REPORT A Ought Not to Pass was ACCEPTED . ROLL CALL NO. 329 (Yeas 73 - Nays 69 - Absent 9 - Excused 0) Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-06-02 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM/OTP-AM

  4. 2025-05-09 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-05-09 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-04-08 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Prohibit School Boards from Implementing or Enforcing Mask Mandates
Sponsor:
Representative John Eder
Reference committee:
Education and Cultural Affairs
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM/OTP-AM

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1461
H.P. 953 House of Representatives, April 3, 2025
An Act to Prohibit School Boards from Implementing or Enforcing
Mask Mandates
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative EDER of Waterboro.

Page 1 - 132LR1583(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §6558 is enacted to read:
3§6558. Prohibition on mask mandates
41. Mask mandate; definition. As used in this section, "mask mandate" means any
5 requirement imposed by a school board requiring the wearing of a medical or nonmedical
6 face mask by a student, staff member or visitor within a school facility or during a school-
7 related activity.
82. Prohibition. A school board may not implement or enforce a policy that requires a
9 school administrative unit to adopt a mask mandate.
103. Enforcement. The department shall oversee the compliance of the provisions of
11 this section and ensure that school boards adhere to the prohibition under this section.
124. Penalties. A school board that violates this section is subject to penalties as
13 determined by the department, which may include the withholding of state funds allocated
14 to the school administrative unit that the school board governs.
15SUMMARY
16 This bill prohibits a school board from implementing or enforcing a policy that requires
17 a school administrative unit to adopt a mask mandate.
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