republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-73.md

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Bill	An Act To Designate The Wood Turtle As The Official State Reptile	An Act To Designate The Wood Turtle As The Official State Reptile	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 73	Maine LD 73 (132)	bill	STATE EMBLEMS STATE GOVERNMENT STATE REPTILE	enacted	Laurie OSHER	2	23	2	2025-01-06	2025-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/fe051635-9f35-4008-84d3-c1dc7930b86c	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095631	f1e5a28cdb91abd6cbd0d65b0572f6fd240677eab135b42717bc3a9d89106351	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 73 (132) — An Act To Designate The Wood Turtle As The Official State Reptile

Version chain

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

1. Chapter 32 (committee substitute) — source
2. LD 73 HP 37 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS REPORT — 27–6 (pass) · upper
• ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP — 85–58 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Laurie OSHER — primary (person)
• Daniel ANKELES — cosponsor (person)
• Stacy BRENNER — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-06 Received by the Clerk of the House on January 6, 2025. receipt
• 2025-01-06 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. 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.
• 2025-03-25 Reports READ.
• 2025-03-25 On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2025-03-25 ROLL CALL NO. 58
• 2025-03-25 (Yeas 85 - Nays 58 - Absent 7 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
• 2025-03-25 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-03-25 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2025-03-25 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. reading-3
• 2025-03-25 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-03-27 Reports Read
• 2025-03-27 On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
• 2025-03-27 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 79 Yeas 27 - Nays 6 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
• 2025-03-27 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2025-03-27 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 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
• 2025-04-20 Became Law without Governor's Signature became-law
• 2025-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2025-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe051635-9f35-4008-84d3-c1dc7930b86c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).