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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Designate The Seppala Siberian Sleddog As The Maine State Dog"
+description: "An Act To Designate The Seppala Siberian Sleddog As The Maine State Dog"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "132"
+identifier: "LD 80"
+citation: "Maine LD 80 (132)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["STATE DOG", "STATE EMBLEMS", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David BOYER"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-06"
+last_action: "2025-04-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98955875-3daf-451b-b17e-d28d550a15dd"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095613"
+source_hash: "ed28df4fb21454eed817e950a811dcb4b4a46c9b96a1c909708568e657e41233"
+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 80 (132) — An Act To Designate The Seppala Siberian Sleddog As The Maine State Dog
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter 56** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0044&item=2&snum=132)
+2. **LD 80 HP 44** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0044&item=1&snum=132)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS REPORT — **24–8** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David BOYER — primary (person)
+- Bruce BICKFORD — cosponsor (person)
+- David WOODSOME — cosponsor (person)
+- Laura SUPICA — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucien DAIGLE — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark BABIN — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark BLIER — cosponsor (person)
+- Nina MILLIKEN — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)
+- Susan BERNARD — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-06** Received by the Clerk of the House on January 6, 2025. `receipt`
+- **2025-01-06** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-21** Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
+- **2025-04-01** Reports READ.
+- **2025-04-01** On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2025-04-01** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2025-04-01** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2025-04-01** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-01** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2025-04-08** Reports Read
+- **2025-04-08** On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
+- **2025-04-08** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 93 Yeas 24 - Nays 8 - Excused 2 - Absent 1
+- **2025-04-08** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2025-04-08** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2025-04-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2025-04-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2025-04-27** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
+- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP/ONTP
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98955875-3daf-451b-b17e-d28d550a15dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+