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LD1593 • 2025

An Act to Require Certain Public Entities to Define Their Use of the Term "Equity"

An Act to Require Certain Public Entities to Define Their Use of the Term "Equity"

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Sponsor
Representative Billy Bob Faulkingham
Last action
2025-06-09
Official status
Reports Read On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 415 Yeas 20 - Nays 14 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
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An Act to Require Certain Public Entities to Define Their Use of the Term "Equity"

An Act to Require Certain Public Entities to Define Their Use of the Term "Equity" Sponsor: Representative Billy Bob Faulkingham Reference committee: State and Local Government Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Require Certain Public Entities to Define Their Use of the Term "Equity" Sponsor: Representative Billy Bob Faulkingham Reference committee: State and Local Government Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

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Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0313(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0313(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1593 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-09 House

    Reports READ . On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED . ROLL CALL NO. 371 (Yeas 76 - Nays 69 - Absent 4 - Excused 2) Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  2. 2025-06-09 Senate

    Reports Read On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 415 Yeas 20 - Nays 14 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  3. 2025-06-06 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

  4. 2025-05-19 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-05-19 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-04-10 Committee

    Referred to Committee on State and Local Government.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Require Certain Public Entities to Define Their Use of the Term "Equity"
Sponsor:
Representative Billy Bob Faulkingham
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 SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1593
H.P. 1051 House of Representatives, April 10, 2025
An Act to Require Certain Public Entities to Define Their Use of the
Term "Equity"
Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor.
Cosponsored by Senator MOORE of Washington and
Representatives: ARDELL of Monticello, MINGO of Calais, POIRIER of Skowhegan, SMITH
of Palermo, STROUT of Harrington, TUELL of East Machias, WADSWORTH of Hiram.

Page 1 - 132LR0313(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §4635 is enacted to read:
3§4635. Explanation of equity-based decisions
4 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, when a public entity or an
5 educational institution states that it is taking an action, including, without limitation, the
6 adoption of a policy, awarding of a contract or conducting its hiring practices, to advance
7 equity, that public entity or educational institution shall specify and make available on its
8 publicly accessible website the definition of "equity" that the public entity or educational
9 institution is using to make that decision and the metrics being used to measure equity.
10SUMMARY
11 This bill requires the State or a local government or other political subdivision or
12 educational institution when making a decision based on advancing equity, the entity
13 making that decision must provide on a publicly accessible website the definition of
14 "equity" used to make the decision and the metrics used by that entity to measure equity.
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