---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Continue Support For The Maine Multicultural Center"
description: "An Act To Continue Support For The Maine Multicultural Center"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 783"
citation: "Maine LD 783 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CULTURAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL", "CULTURAL AGENCIES", "ME MULTICULTURAL CENTER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael TIPPING"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-04"
last_action: "2026-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45b628eb-0147-4b0f-82d2-3e76cfa8c8c3"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096900"
source_hash: "8694c85acd0cd64ba1d8df66165006b0765b01856fb7041053a47cc5b36d96aa"
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 783 (132) — An Act To Continue Support For The Maine Multicultural Center

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-34)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0341&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment H-A (H-1073)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0341&item=5&snum=132)
3. **Amendment S-A (S-712)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0341&item=4&snum=132)
4. **Chapter 743** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0341&item=6&snum=132)
5. **LD 783 SP 341** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0341&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **21–12** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **73–65** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael TIPPING — primary (person)
- Ambureen RANA — cosponsor (person)
- James DILL — cosponsor (person)
- James LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
- Jill DUSON — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph BALDACCI — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie OSHER — cosponsor (person)
- Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 27, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, 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.
- **2025-05-06** Reports READ
- **2025-05-06** On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED PREVAILED
- **2025-05-06** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 138 Yeas 21 - Nays 12 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2025-05-06** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-05-06** Committee Amendment "A" (S-34) READ. ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-34) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-05-07** Reports READ.
- **2025-05-07** On motion of Representative MURPHY of Scarborough, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-07** ROLL CALL NO. 116
- **2025-05-07** (Yeas 73 - Nays 65 - Absent 12 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
- **2025-05-07** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-34) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-07** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-05-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-34). `reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-14** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence
- **2025-06-25** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.
- **2026-04-14** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
- **2026-04-14** On motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-34) in concurrence. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-14** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-712) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2026-04-14** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-34) AND Senate Amendment "A" (S-712) in NON-CONCURRENCE. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-14** Sent down for concurrence.
- **2026-04-14** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-34) and Senate Amendment "A" (S-712). `reading-3`
- **2026-04-14** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+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/45b628eb-0147-4b0f-82d2-3e76cfa8c8c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).