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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Ban Native American Mascots In All Public Schools"
description: "An Act To Ban Native American Mascots In All Public Schools"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 944"
citation: "Maine LD 944 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOL PROGRAMS", "EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES", "OFFENSIVE IMAGES", "MASCOTS AND SPORT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benjamin COLLINGS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13f32684-6f87-49cb-bb95-1752ff8b5741"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072004"
source_hash: "3fcdd30571455981ea2fed5c51d0bc2626bfb8554a8426aa11babac818da69a1"
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 944 (129) — An Act To Ban Native American Mascots In All Public Schools
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0699&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0699&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0699&item=3&snum=129)
## Votes
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **2310** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **8849** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Benjamin COLLINGS — primary (person)
- Chloe MAXMIN — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher BABBIDGE — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Genevieve McDONALD — cosponsor (person)
- Heidi BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey EVANGELOS — cosponsor (person)
- Lois RECKITT — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-21** Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-02-21** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-02-21** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Reports READ.
- **2019-04-23** On motion of Representative KORNFIELD of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-23** ROLL CALL NO. 54
- **2019-04-23** (Yeas 88 - Nays 49 - Absent 12 - Excused 1 Vacant 1)
- **2019-04-23** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-23** Committee Amendment "A" (H-122) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-04-23** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-122).
- **2019-04-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-25** Reports READ
- **2019-04-25** Senator MILLETT of Cumberland moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report in Concurrence.
- **2019-04-25** On motion by Senator TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending motion by Senator MILLETT of Cumberland to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report in Concurrence.
- **2019-04-30** Taken from the table by the President
- **2019-04-30** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2019-04-30** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 70 Yeas 23 - Nays 10 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2019-04-30** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-04-30** Committee Amendment "A" (H-122) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-04-30** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-122) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-16** 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/13f32684-6f87-49cb-bb95-1752ff8b5741`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).