---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Update The Designation Of Vietnam War Remembrance Day"
description: "An Act To Update The Designation Of Vietnam War Remembrance Day"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 2000"
citation: "Maine LD 2000 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE COMMEMORATIONS", "STATE GOVERNMENT", "VIETNAM WAR REMEMBRANCE DAY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig HICKMAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-23"
last_action: "2022-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b48379a2-918a-4d27-84c7-ea229a722237"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082912"
source_hash: "1bd81261c14044e0ed3666a54407f0cc8b52da5c3da367f87be08687fc038c82"
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 2000 (130) — An Act To Update The Designation Of Vietnam War Remembrance Day

## 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=SP0718&item=1&snum=130)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0718&item=2&snum=130)

## Votes

- TABLE UNTIL LATER — **76–59** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craig HICKMAN — primary (person)
- Bradlee FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher CAIAZZO — cosponsor (person)
- MaryAnne KINNEY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-23** Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT suggested and ordered printed
- **2022-02-23** Under suspension of the Rules READ ONCE without reference to a Committee `reading-1`
- **2022-02-23** Under further suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME without reference to a Committee on Bills in the Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23** Under further suspension of the Rules, PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2022-02-23** On motion of Representative DUNPHY of Old Town, TABLED pending REFERENCE.
- **2022-02-23** ROLL CALL NO. 459
- **2022-02-23** (Yeas 76 - Nays 59 - Absent 13 - Excused 0)
- **2022-03-09** Speaker laid before the House
- **2022-03-09** Subsequently, under suspension of the rules and WITHOUT REFERENCE to a Committee, the Bill was READ TWICE and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-22** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2022-03-22** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-24** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-03-29** 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/b48379a2-918a-4d27-84c7-ea229a722237`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).