---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide Indigenous Peoples Free Access To State Parks"
description: "An Act To Provide Indigenous Peoples Free Access To State Parks"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 14"
citation: "Maine LD 14 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FREE ADMISSION", "INDIGENOUS PEOPLES", "PUBLIC LANDS", "STATE PARKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig HICKMAN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2026-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a53d6e3-9eb7-4b8b-8a1b-42535126dbcc"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095535"
source_hash: "e842c1d872d579dbaebaff6080ac60d46d0ef676f953569f15bb9bf8b0baa25b"
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 14 (132) — An Act To Provide Indigenous Peoples Free Access To State Parks

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-55)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0027&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 707** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0027&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 14 SP 27** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0027&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- acceptance of the otp-am report — **121–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craig HICKMAN — primary (person)
- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Michael TIPPING — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
- Tavis HASENFUS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 6, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY 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.
- **2025-05-13** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-13** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-55) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-55). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-05-14** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-05-14** On OBJECTION of Representative UNDERWOOD of Presque Isle REMOVED.
- **2025-05-14** The Committee Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-14** ROLL CALL NO. 142
- **2025-05-14** (Yeas 121 - Nays 18 - Absent 11 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
- **2025-05-14** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-55) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-14** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-05-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-55) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-21** 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.
- **2026-04-13** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table.
- **2026-04-13** Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a53d6e3-9eb7-4b8b-8a1b-42535126dbcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).