---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Enact The Remaining Recommendations Of The Task Force On Changes To The Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act"
description: "An Act To Enact The Remaining Recommendations Of The Task Force On Changes To The Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 785"
citation: "Maine LD 785 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ME INDIAN CLAIMS IMPLEMENTING ACT", "NATIVE AMERICANS", "TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel TALBOT ROSS"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-04"
last_action: "2026-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79a20b83-d8b4-4bc4-8dbb-f03a19531b6a"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096905"
source_hash: "c0c8e5565e08b03a94f03ac7fd03e2a84ee6b06efb48fade873329f0a5e98660"
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 785 (132) — An Act To Enact The Remaining Recommendations Of The Task Force On Changes To The Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-694)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0344&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment C-B (S-695)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0344&item=4&snum=132)
3. **Amendment C-C (S-696)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0344&item=3&snum=132)
4. **Chapter 705** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0344&item=5&snum=132)
5. **LD 785 SP 344** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0344&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACCEPT REPORT 'A' OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED — **22–11** (pass) · upper
- REPORT A OTP-AM BY CA-A — **83–64** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)
- Adam LEE — cosponsor (person)
- Amy KUHN — cosponsor (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Billy Bob FAULKINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Mark BABIN — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan FECTEAU — 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 JUDICIARY 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.
- **2025-06-25** 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** Reports READ
- **2026-04-13** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland The Report A Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-694) Report ACCEPTED.
- **2026-04-13** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 944 Yeas 22 - Nays 11 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2026-04-13** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2026-04-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-694) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-694) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** Sent down for concurrence
- **2026-04-13** Reports READ.
- **2026-04-13** On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, REPORT A Ought to Pass as Amended was ACCEPTED.
- **2026-04-13** ROLL CALL NO. 808
- **2026-04-13** (Yeas 83 - Nays 64 - Absent 3 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2026-04-13** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-04-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-694) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-13** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2026-04-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-694). `reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-13** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2026-04-14** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
- **2026-04-14** Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Requested
- **2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
- **2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79a20b83-d8b4-4bc4-8dbb-f03a19531b6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).