republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-80.md

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Bill	An Act To Designate The Seppala Siberian Sleddog As The Maine State Dog	An Act To Designate The Seppala Siberian Sleddog As The Maine State Dog	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 80	Maine LD 80 (132)	bill	STATE DOG STATE EMBLEMS STATE GOVERNMENT	enacted	David BOYER	2	21	1	2025-01-06	2025-04-27	openstates	ocd-bill/98955875-3daf-451b-b17e-d28d550a15dd	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095613	ed28df4fb21454eed817e950a811dcb4b4a46c9b96a1c909708568e657e41233	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 80 (132) — An Act To Designate The Seppala Siberian Sleddog As The Maine State Dog

Version chain

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

1. Chapter 56 (committee substitute) — source
2. LD 80 HP 44 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS REPORT — 24–8 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David BOYER — primary (person)
• Bruce BICKFORD — cosponsor (person)
• David WOODSOME — cosponsor (person)
• Laura SUPICA — cosponsor (person)
• Lucien DAIGLE — cosponsor (person)
• Mark BABIN — cosponsor (person)
• Mark BLIER — cosponsor (person)
• Nina MILLIKEN — cosponsor (person)
• Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)
• Susan BERNARD — 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.
• 2025-04-01 Reports READ.
• 2025-04-01 On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2025-04-01 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-04-01 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2025-04-01 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. reading-3
• 2025-04-01 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-04-08 Reports Read
• 2025-04-08 On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
• 2025-04-08 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 93 Yeas 24 - Nays 8 - Excused 2 - Absent 1
• 2025-04-08 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2025-04-08 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence reading-2, reading-3
• 2025-04-10 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2025-04-10 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-04-15 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2025-04-27 Became Law without Governor's Signature became-law
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/98955875-3daf-451b-b17e-d28d550a15dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).