---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Designate November As Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month"
description: "An Act To Designate November As Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 254"
citation: "Maine LD 254 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PANCREATIC CANCER", "STATE COMMEMORATIONS", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph BALDACCI"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ca7a2cd-43e8-4721-ae34-b019ca8d1966"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095893"
source_hash: "38f1622421fca25b260d9da176f068ed1fcbf814875ece645116a5afe104d80e"
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 254 (132) — An Act To Designate November As Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter 24** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0120&item=3&snum=132)
2. **LD 254 SP 120** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0120&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Joseph BALDACCI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-01-21** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **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.
- **2025-03-25** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-03-25** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-03-27** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-03-27** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-03-27** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP
- **2025-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ca7a2cd-43e8-4721-ae34-b019ca8d1966`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).