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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Establish The Permanent Commission On The Status Of Racial And Ethnic Populations"
+description: "An Act To Establish The Permanent Commission On The Status Of Racial And Ethnic Populations"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "129"
+identifier: "LD 777"
+citation: "Maine LD 777 (129)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["LABOR DEPT", "POWERS", "STATUS OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORIT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rachel TALBOT ROSS"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-12"
+last_action: "2019-06-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5921e307-4f4f-4808-9833-c57c30b28161"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071755"
+source_hash: "f3deafabdf6c8970870e5009b5fee7b75bbf5942667c52aae8f474295bff7ba8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
+---
+
+# Maine LD 777 (129) — An Act To Establish The Permanent Commission On The Status Of Racial And Ethnic Populations
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0582&item=2&snum=129)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0582&item=1&snum=129)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0582&item=3&snum=129)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **21–14** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)
+- Charlotte WARREN — cosponsor (person)
+- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
+- Denise TEPLER — cosponsor (person)
+- Drew GATTINE — cosponsor (person)
+- Everett CARSON — cosponsor (person)
+- Heidi BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
+- Rena NEWELL — cosponsor (person)
+- Thom HARNETT — cosponsor (person)
+- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-12** Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING suggested and ordered printed.
+- **2019-02-12** On motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-02-14** On motion by Senator Claxton of Androscoggin, REFERRED to the Committee on State and Local Government, in concurrence. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-11** Representative MARTIN from the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Reporting that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-11** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-04-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-04-16** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
+- **2019-04-16** REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING in concurrence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-07** Reports READ.
+- **2019-06-07** On motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-06-07** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (H-493) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2019-06-07** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2019-06-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-493).
+- **2019-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-10** Reports READ
+- **2019-06-10** Senator BELLOWS of Kennebec moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
+- **2019-06-10** On further motion by same Senator TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending her motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report,
+- **2019-06-10** Taken from the table by the President
+- **2019-06-10** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
+- **2019-06-10** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 240 Yeas 21 - Nays 14 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
+- **2019-06-10** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-10** Committee Amendment "A" (H-493) READ and ADOPTED
+- **2019-06-10** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-493) in concurrence `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2019-06-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2019-06-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5921e307-4f4f-4808-9833-c57c30b28161`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+