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ME LD 395

enacted

An Act To Restore Access To Federal Laws Beneficial To The Wabanaki Nations

Maine · 132 · upper

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Did ME LD 395 pass?

Yes. ME LD 395 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-15): Signed by Governor

What is ME LD 395 about?

ME LD 395 is a bill in the 132 titled “An Act To Restore Access To Federal Laws Beneficial To The Wabanaki Nations”.

Who sponsors ME LD 395?

Rachel TALBOT ROSS is the primary sponsor of ME LD 395, joined by 9 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-04-15 — Signed by Governor
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Rachel TALBOT ROSSprimary
  • Joseph MARTINcosponsor
  • Adam LEEcosponsor
  • Amy KUHNcosponsor
  • Matthew HARRINGTONcosponsor
  • Marianne MOOREcosponsor
  • Aaron DANAcosponsor
  • Anne CARNEYcosponsor
  • Richard BENNETTcosponsor
  • Billy Bob FAULKINGHAMcosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-15

    Signed by Governor

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  2. 2026-04-14

    FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence.

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  3. 2026-04-14

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2026-04-14

    FINALLY PASSED.

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  5. 2026-04-14

    ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  6. 2026-04-14

    The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-693) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-714) thereto.

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  7. 2026-04-14

    Sent down for concurrence.

  8. 2026-04-14

    PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-693) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-714) thereto in NON-CONCURRENCE.

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  9. 2026-04-14

    Committee Amendment "A" (S-693) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-714) thereto ADOPTED in NON-CONCURRENCE.

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  10. 2026-04-14

    On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-714) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-693) READ and ADOPTED

  11. 2026-04-14

    On further motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-693) was ADOPTED.

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  12. 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-693) in concurrence.

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  13. 2026-04-14

    On motion by Senator DUSON of Cumberland taken from the Special Study Table

  14. 2026-04-13

    Reported Out - OTP-AM

  15. 2026-04-13

    On motion by Senator DUSON of Cumberland placed on the SPECIAL STUDY TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE - 2/3 Elected Required, in NON-CONCURRENCE.

  16. 2026-04-13

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  17. 2026-04-13

    (Yeas 91 - Nays 54 - Absent 5 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)

  18. 2026-04-13

    ROLL CALL NO. 814

  19. 2026-04-13

    FAILED FINAL PASSAGE.

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  20. 2026-04-13

    This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.

  21. 2026-04-13

    In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  22. 2026-04-13

    The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-693).

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  23. 2026-04-13

    Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.

  24. 2026-04-13

    CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY

  25. 2026-04-13

    Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.

  26. 2026-04-13

    Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-693).

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  27. 2026-04-13

    Committee Amendment "A" (S-693) READ and ADOPTED.

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  28. 2026-04-13

    READ ONCE.

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  29. 2026-04-13

    Report READ and ACCEPTED.

  30. 2026-03-17

    Voted - OTP-AM

  31. 2026-03-17

    Work Session Held

  32. 2026-03-12

    Work Session Held - TABLED

  33. 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.

  34. 2025-05-19

    Carry Over Approved

  35. 2025-05-19

    Carry Over Requested

  36. 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.

  37. 2025-02-04

    In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  38. 2025-02-04

    The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY.

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  39. 2025-02-04

    Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Final Passage - Emer

    2026-04-13 · fail · 91-54

    Member-level votes (150)
    • ABDI of Lewiston: yes
    • ADAMS of Lebanon: no
    • ALBERT of Madawaska: yes
    • ANKELES of Brunswick: yes
    • ARATA of New Gloucester: yes
    • ARCHER of Saco: yes
    • ARDELL of Monticello: yes
    • ARFORD of Brunswick: yes
    • BABIN of Fort Fairfield: yes
    • BAGSHAW of Windham: no
    • BECK of South Portland: yes
    • BELL of Yarmouth: yes
    • BISHOP of Bucksport: no
    • BLIER of Buxton: yes
    • BOYER of Poland: no
    • BOYER of Cape Elizabeth: yes
    • BRENNAN of Portland: yes
    • BRIDGEO of Augusta: yes
    • BUNKER of Farmington: yes
    • CAMPBELL of Orrington: no
    • CARLOW of Buxton: no
    • CARUSO of Caratunk: yes
    • CHAPMAN of Auburn: no
    • CIMINO of Bridgton: no
    • CLUCHEY of Bowdoinham: yes
    • COLLAMORE of Pittsfield: no
    • COLLINS of Sidney: other
    • COOPER of Windham: no
    • COPELAND of Saco: yes
    • CRAFTS of Newcastle: yes
    • CRAY of Palmyra: yes
    • CROCKETT of Portland: yes
    • DAIGLE of Fort Kent: no
    • DEBRITO of Waterville: yes
    • DHALAC of South Portland: yes
    • DILL of Old Town: yes
    • DODGE of Belfast: yes
    • DOUDERA of Camden: yes
    • DRINKWATER of Milford: no
    • DUCHARME of Madison: no
    • EATON of Deer Isle: yes
    • EDER of Waterboro: yes
    • FAIRCLOTH of Bangor: yes
    • FARRIN of Jefferson: yes
    • FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor: yes
    • FECTEAU of Biddeford: yes
    • FLYNN of Albion: no
    • FOLEY of Wells: no
    • FOSTER of Dexter: no
    • FREDERICKS of Sanford: no
    • FREDETTE of Newport: no
    • FRIEDMANN of Bar Harbor: yes
    • FROST of Belgrade: yes
    • GATTINE of Westbrook: yes
    • GEIGER of Rockland: yes
    • GERE of Kennebunkport: yes
    • GIFFORD of Lincoln: no
    • GOLEK of Harpswell: yes
    • GRAHAM of North Yarmouth: yes
    • GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach: yes
    • GREENWOOD of Wales: no
    • GRIFFIN of Levant: other
    • GUERRETTE of Caribou: yes
    • HAGGAN of Hampden: no
    • HALL of Wilton: no
    • HARRIMAN of Lewiston: yes
    • HASENFUS of Readfield: yes
    • HENDERSON of Rumford: yes
    • HEPLER of Woolwich: yes
    • HYMES of Waldo: yes
    • JACKSON of Oxford: other
    • JULIA of Waterville: yes
    • KESSLER of South Portland: yes
    • KUHN of Falmouth: yes
    • LAJOIE of Lewiston: yes
    • LANCE of Paris: no
    • LANIGAN of Sanford: other
    • LAVIGNE of Berwick: no
    • LEE of Auburn: yes
    • LEMELIN of Chelsea: no
    • LIBBY of Auburn: no
    • LOOKNER of Portland: yes
    • LYMAN of Livermore Falls: no
    • MACIAS of Topsham: yes
    • MALON of Biddeford: yes
    • MASON of Lisbon: no
    • MASTRACCIO of Sanford: yes
    • MATHIESON of Kittery: yes
    • MATLACK of St. George: yes
    • MCCABE of Lewiston: yes
    • MCINTYRE of Lowell: no
    • MEYER of Eliot: yes
    • MILLIKEN of Blue Hill: yes
    • MINGO of Calais: other
    • MITCHELL of Cumberland: yes
    • MONTELL of Gardiner: yes
    • MOONEN of Portland: yes
    • MORRIS of Turner: no
    • MURPHY of Scarborough: yes
    • NUTTING of Oakland: no
    • O'HALLORAN of Brewer: yes
    • OLSEN of Raymond: no
    • OSHER of Orono: yes
    • PARRY of Arundel: yes
    • PAUL of Winterport: no
    • PERKINS of Dover-Foxcroft: no
    • PLUECKER of Warren: yes
    • POIRIER of Skowhegan: no
    • POMERLEAU of Standish: no
    • PUGH of Portland: yes
    • QUINT of Hodgdon: no
    • RANA of Bangor: yes
    • RAY of Lincolnville: yes
    • RIELLY of Westbrook: yes
    • ROBERTS of South Berwick: yes
    • ROEDER of Bangor: yes
    • ROLLINS of Augusta: yes
    • RUDNICKI of Fairfield: no
    • RUNTE of York: yes
    • SACHS of Freeport: yes
    • SALISBURY of Westbrook: yes
    • SARGENT of York: yes
    • SATO of Gorham: yes
    • SAYRE of Kennebunk: yes
    • SCHMERSAL-BURGESS of Mexico: no
    • SHAGOURY of Hallowell: yes
    • SIMMONS of Waldoboro: no
    • SINCLAIR of Bath: yes
    • SKOLD of Portland: yes
    • SMITH of Palermo: no
    • SOBOLESKI of Phillips: no
    • STOVER of Boothbay: yes
    • STROUT of Harrington: no
    • SUPICA of Bangor: yes
    • SWALLOW of Houlton: no
    • TERRY of Gorham: yes
    • THORNE of Carmel: no
    • TUELL of East Machias: no
    • UNDERWOOD of Presque Isle: no
    • WADSWORTH of Hiram: no
    • WALKER of Naples: no
    • WARREN of Scarborough: yes
    • WEBB of Durham: yes
    • WHITE of Guilford: no
    • WHITE of Ellsworth: no
    • WOOD of Norway: no
    • WOOD of Greene: no
    • WOODSOME of Waterboro: no
    • YUSUF of Portland: yes
    • ZAGER of Portland: yes

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