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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Change The Name Of Columbus Day To Indigenous Peoples Day"
description: "An Act To Change The Name Of Columbus Day To Indigenous Peoples Day"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 179"
citation: "Maine LD 179 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE GOVERNMENT", "STATE COMMEMORATIONS", "COLUMBUS DAY CHANGED TO INDIGENOUS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benjamin COLLINGS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27c22bf8-b407-4f66-9ceb-1e810e0cf544"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070911"
source_hash: "6e62064762bcab7d8d277595ad03268dd9aef4973160e048a3e8eda4d5ff2e0b"
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 179 (129) — An Act To Change The Name Of Columbus Day To Indigenous Peoples Day
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0142&item=1&snum=129)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0142&item=3&snum=129)
## Votes
- ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP — **8851** (pass) · lower
- ENACTMENT — **1914** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Benjamin COLLINGS — primary (person)
- Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara CARDONE — cosponsor (person)
- Chloe MAXMIN — cosponsor (person)
- Deane RYKERSON — cosponsor (person)
- Lois RECKITT — cosponsor (person)
- Michael CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
- Rena NEWELL — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-17** Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Reports READ.
- **2019-03-19** On motion of Representative MARTIN of Sinclair, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-03-19** ROLL CALL NO. 16
- **2019-03-19** (Yeas 88 - Nays 51 - Absent 10 - Excused 1 Vacant 1)
- **2019-03-19** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-03-19** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2019-03-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-21** Reports READ
- **2019-03-21** Senator CLAXTON of Androscoggin moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass Report in Concurrence.
- **2019-03-21** On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending motion by Senator CLAXTON of Androscoggin to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass Report in Concurrence.
- **2019-04-04** Taken from the table by the President
- **2019-04-04** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED
- **2019-04-04** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2019-04-11** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-11** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** Ordered sent down forthwith
- **2019-04-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 48 Yeas 19 - Nays 14 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27c22bf8-b407-4f66-9ceb-1e810e0cf544`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).