---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Support The Maine Multicultural Center"
description: "An Act To Support The Maine Multicultural Center"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 320"
citation: "Maine LD 320 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CULTURAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL", "CULTURAL AGENCIES", "ME MULTICULTURAL CENTER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael TIPPING"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f15075e-d1b0-4253-9f07-bc0ab5b5c302"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085556"
source_hash: "d207593c1958d50503cdd32e636bd5682eb91c1585f00e747404b0627543f68e"
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 320 (131) — An Act To Support The Maine Multicultural Center

## 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=SP0141&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0141&item=5&snum=131)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0141&item=1&snum=131)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0141&item=4&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **22–13** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT SENATE AMENDMENT (S-447) to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT — **20–6** (pass) · upper
- ENACTMENT — **19–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael TIPPING — primary (person)
- Amy ROEDER — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-06-06** Reports Read
- **2023-06-06** On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-06** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 214 Yeas 22 - Nays 13 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2023-06-06** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-06** Committee Amendment "A" (S-168) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-168) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-06-07** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-07** On motion of Representative BRENNAN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-07** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-168) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-07** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-168). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-12** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2023-07-25** On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2023-07-25** Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-168) `reading-3`
- **2023-07-25** Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-168) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-447) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-168) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-25** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 493 Yeas 20 - Nays 6 - Excused 9 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2023-07-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-168) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-447) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-168) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-447) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
- **2023-07-25** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-07-25** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-168) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-447) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2023-07-25** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-07-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-07-26** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 501 Yeas 19 - Nays 3 - Excused 13 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2023-07-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-02T04:00:00+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/2f15075e-d1b0-4253-9f07-bc0ab5b5c302`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).