---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish \"Ballad Of The 20Th Maine\" As The Official State Ballad"
description: "An Act To Establish \"Ballad Of The 20Th Maine\" As The Official State Ballad"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1541"
citation: "Maine LD 1541 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE GOVERNMENT", "STATE EMBLEMS", "STATE BALLAD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott CUDDY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-04-11"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4559641e-ba65-478b-9dfc-4fdc25c9eb33"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073276"
source_hash: "a54a8e54addd86bf1e0aec2dbd165dfd4f90ff96ee7584b95b26069711466a95"
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 1541 (129) — An Act To Establish "Ballad Of The 20Th Maine" As The Official State Ballad

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1124&item=1&snum=129)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1124&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Scott CUDDY — primary (person)
- Jessica FAY — cosponsor (person)
- Robert ALLEY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-04-11** Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-04-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** Reports READ.
- **2019-05-21** On motion of Representative MARTIN of Sinclair, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-21** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-21** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-05-21** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2019-05-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-23** Reports Read
- **2019-05-23** On motion by Senator CLAXTON of Androscoggin the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-23** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-05-23** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2019-05-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-29** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-07** 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/4559641e-ba65-478b-9dfc-4fdc25c9eb33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).