---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish First Responders Day As A State Holiday On September 11Th"
description: "An Act To Establish First Responders Day As A State Holiday On September 11Th"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1908"
citation: "Maine LD 1908 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE GOVERNMENT", "STATE COMMEMORATIONS", "SEPTEMBER 11"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William TUELL"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-12-24"
last_action: "2020-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65d85f8a-fd86-40f9-b71b-52d516c557b9"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280075744"
source_hash: "3650f1e8d0d3dde447f0849386c7f3298bf1abde56742336888d629268b13ef4"
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 1908 (129) — An Act To Establish First Responders Day As A State Holiday On September 11Th

## 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=HP1362&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1362&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1362&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- William TUELL — primary (person)
- Kathleen DILLINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-24** Received by the Clerk of the House on December 20, 2019.
- **2019-12-24** 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`
- **2020-02-04** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2020-02-04** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2020-02-04** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-668).
- **2020-02-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-02-06** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2020-02-06** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** Committee Amendment "A" (H-668) READ and ADOPTED
- **2020-02-06** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2020-02-11** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2020-02-11** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-668), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2020-02-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2020-02-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-02-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-02-25** 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/65d85f8a-fd86-40f9-b71b-52d516c557b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).