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Bill	An Act To Establish The African American Studies Advisory Council And Provide Funding To Support African American Studies	An Act To Establish The African American Studies Advisory Council And Provide Funding To Support African American Studies	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 1202	Maine LD 1202 (132)	bill	AFRICAN AMERICAN WABANAKI STUDIES CURRICULUM SCHOOL POLICIES	enacted	Rachel TALBOT ROSS	4	47	1	2025-03-20	2026-04-16	openstates	ocd-bill/4833271f-07fa-453e-9827-3de2c0f2d44c	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097627	d4b050e91726fa3fadfb0a5ec87845268b77ad685999e9817b9656ce9c799ba0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1202 (132) — An Act To Establish The African American Studies Advisory Council And Provide Funding To Support African American Studies

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (S-303) (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment S-A to C-A (S-706) (committee substitute) — source
3. Chapter 169 (committee substitute) — source
4. LD 1202 SP 491 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 74–69 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)
• Christina MITCHELL — cosponsor (person)
• Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
• Deqa DHALAC — cosponsor (person)
• Eleanor SATO — cosponsor (person)
• Holly SARGENT — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly MURPHY — cosponsor (person)
• Laurie OSHER — cosponsor (person)
• Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-20 Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2025-03-20 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. referral-committee
• 2025-03-20 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.
• 2025-06-09 Reports READ
• 2025-06-09 Senator RAFFERTY of York moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report.
• 2025-06-09 On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending Motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York to ACCEPT The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-303) Report.
• 2025-06-09 Taken from the table by the President
• 2025-06-09 Subsequently, The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-303) Report ACCEPTED.
• 2025-06-09 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2025-06-09 Committee Amendment "A" (S-303) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-09 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-303) reading-2, reading-3
• 2025-06-09 Sent down for concurrence
• 2025-06-10 Reports READ.
• 2025-06-10 Representative MURPHY of Scarborough moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
• 2025-06-10 On motion of Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor, TABLED pending the motion of Representative MURPHY of Scarborough to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
• 2025-06-10 Later today assigned.
• 2025-06-10 Speaker laid before the House
• 2025-06-10 Subsequently, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2025-06-10 ROLL CALL NO. 399
• 2025-06-10 (Yeas 74 - Nays 69 - Absent 6 - Excused 2)
• 2025-06-10 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-06-10 Committee Amendment "A" (S-303) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-06-10 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2025-06-10 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-303). reading-3
• 2025-06-10 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-10 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2025-06-10 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-11 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.
• 2026-04-14 On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
• 2026-04-14 On motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-303) in concurrence. reading-3
• 2026-04-14 On further motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-303) was ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-14 On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-706) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-303) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2026-04-14 Committee Amendment "A" (S-303) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-706) thereto ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-14 PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-303) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-706) thereto in NON-CONCURRENCE. reading-3
• 2026-04-14 Sent down for concurrence.
• 2026-04-14 The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-303) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-706) thereto. reading-3
• 2026-04-14 ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-04-14 FINALLY PASSED. passage
• 2026-04-14 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-04-14 FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. passage
• 2026-04-16 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-13T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2025-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2025-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4833271f-07fa-453e-9827-3de2c0f2d44c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).