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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Promote Equity In Policy Making By Enhancing The State'S Ability To Collect, Analyze And Apply Data"
+description: "An Act To Promote Equity In Policy Making By Enhancing The State'S Ability To Collect, Analyze And Apply Data"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "130"
+identifier: "LD 1610"
+citation: "Maine LD 1610 (130)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS", "INFORMATION SYSTEMS", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rachel TALBOT ROSS"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-04-28"
+last_action: "2022-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/389cea8a-4eef-4b53-b995-e033294ba14b"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280080623"
+source_hash: "58a9e9c33c4b016e42e78511d3adb14fdbacec70ba1fc496d0c5070fc7b9a9b6"
+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 1610 (130) — An Act To Promote Equity In Policy Making By Enhancing The State'S Ability To Collect, Analyze And Apply Data
+
+## 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=HP1199&item=2&snum=130)
+2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1199&item=5&snum=130)
+3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1199&item=1&snum=130)
+4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1199&item=4&snum=130)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **74–54** (pass) · lower
+- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **21–12** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-04-28** Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
+- **2021-04-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2021-04-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence `referral-committee`
+- **2021-07-19** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1302.
+- **2022-03-24** Reports READ.
+- **2022-03-24** On motion of Representative MATLACK of St. George, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2022-03-24** ROLL CALL NO. 486
+- **2022-03-24** (Yeas 74 - Nays 54 - Absent 20 - Excused 0 - Vacant 3)
+- **2022-03-24** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2022-03-24** Committee Amendment "A" (H-829) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2022-03-24** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2022-03-24** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-829). `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-24** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2022-03-29** Reports Read
+- **2022-03-29** On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
+- **2022-03-29** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 649 Yeas 21 - Nays 12 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
+- **2022-03-29** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2022-03-29** Committee Amendment "A" (H-829) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-29** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-829) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2022-03-31** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2022-03-31** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2022-04-05** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
+- **2022-04-25** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
+- **2022-04-25** On motion by Same Senator Under suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-829) `reading-3`
+- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Under further suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-829) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-620) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-829) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-25** Committee Amendment "A" (H-829) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-620) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-829) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-620) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
+- **2022-04-25** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2022-04-25** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-829) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-620) thereto. `reading-3`
+- **2022-04-25** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2022-04-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2022-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
+- **2021-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Requested
+- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
+- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/389cea8a-4eef-4b53-b995-e033294ba14b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+