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Maine · 132nd Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

LD 1202: An Act To Establish The African American Studies Advisory Council And Provide Funding To Support African American Studies

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

LD 1202 is a bill introduced in the Maine Senate on March 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act To Establish The African American Studies Advisory Council And Provide Funding To Support African American Studies. Primary sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross (Democratic). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 16, 2026): Signed by Governor.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 10

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rachel Talbot RossPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Deqa DhalacCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse120
Craig HickmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Christina MitchellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110
Kelly MurphyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse125
Laurie OsherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse25
Teresa PierceCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate25
Joe RaffertyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Holly SargentCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse147
Ellie SatoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse109

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Signed by Governor
  2. FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence.
  3. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  4. FINALLY PASSED.
  5. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  6. 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.
  7. Sent down for concurrence.
  8. PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-303) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-706) thereto in NON-CONCURRENCE.
  9. Committee Amendment "A" (S-303) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-706) thereto ADOPTED.
  10. On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-706) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-303) READ and ADOPTED.
  11. On further motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-303) was ADOPTED.
  12. 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.

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Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source