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An Act to Designate the Second Congressional District "Acadia"

An Act to Designate the Second Congressional District "Acadia"

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Sponsor
Senator Joseph Martin
Last action
2025-05-28
Official status
Reports Read On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED. Sent down for concurrence.
Effective date
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An Act to Designate the Second Congressional District "Acadia"

An Act to Designate the Second Congressional District "Acadia" Sponsor: Senator Joseph Martin Reference committee: State and Local Government Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Designate the Second Congressional District "Acadia" Sponsor: Senator Joseph Martin Reference committee: State and Local Government Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR2245(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR2245(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1214 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6SENATE 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to S.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-28 House

    Reports READ . On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED . In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. Placed in the Legislative Files. ( DEAD )

  2. 2025-05-27 Senate

    Reports Read On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED. Sent down for concurrence.

  3. 2025-05-22 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

  4. 2025-04-30 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-04-30 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-03-20 Committee

    Referred to Committee on State and Local Government.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Designate the Second Congressional District "Acadia"
Sponsor:
Senator Joseph Martin
Reference committee:
State and Local Government
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1214
S.P. 503 In Senate, March 20, 2025
An Act to Designate the Second Congressional District "Acadia"
Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator MARTIN of Oxford.
Cosponsored by Representative: ARDELL of Monticello.

Page 1 - 132LR2245(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §401, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2013, c. 15, §1, is further
3 amended to read:
41. Appointment. The state board consists of 9 members and, beginning in the 2007-
5 2008 school year, 2 nonvoting student members, one junior and one senior in high school.
6 All members are appointed by the Governor. Four members must reside in the State's First
7 Congressional District at the time of appointment, 4 members must reside in the State's
8 Second Congressional District Acadia at the time of appointment and one member may
9 reside in either the First Congressional District or the Second Congressional District Acadia
10 at the time of appointment. One of the student members must attend school in the State's
11 First Congressional District at the time of appointment and the other student member must
12 attend school in the State's Second Congressional District Acadia at the time of
13 appointment. Each appointment is subject to review by the joint standing committee of the
14 Legislature having jurisdiction over education matters and to confirmation by the Senate.
15Sec. 2. 21-A MRSA §1205-A, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 552, Pt. C, §1, is
16 amended to read:
172. Second District Acadia. The Second District Acadia consists of the counties of
18 Androscoggin, Aroostook, Franklin, Hancock, Oxford, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset,
19 Waldo and Washington and the following municipalities and areas within Kennebec
20 County: Augusta, Belgrade, Chelsea, Farmingdale, Fayette, Gardiner, Hallowell,
21 Manchester, Monmouth, Mount Vernon, Oakland, Randolph, Readfield, Rome, Sidney,
22 Vienna, Wayne and Winthrop.
23SUMMARY
24 This bill designates the State's Second Congressional District "Acadia."24