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LD373 • 2025

An Act to Establish "Welcome Home" as the Official State Anthem

An Act to Establish "Welcome Home" as the Official State Anthem

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Sponsor
Senator Marianne Moore
Last action
2025-04-17
Official status
Senator PIERCE of Cumberland moved to INSIST Motion by Senator MOORE of Washington The Senate RECEDE and CONCUR FAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 84 Yeas 11 - Nays 22 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 Subsequently, The Senate INSISTED to ACCEPT The Minority Ought Not To Pass Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
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An Act to Establish "Welcome Home" as the Official State Anthem

An Act to Establish "Welcome Home" as the Official State Anthem Sponsor: Senator Marianne Moore Reference committee: State and Local Government Latest committee action: Reported Out; OTP/ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Establish "Welcome Home" as the Official State Anthem Sponsor: Senator Marianne Moore Reference committee: State and Local Government Latest committee action: Reported Out; OTP/ONTP

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-17 House

    Speaker laid before the House Subsequently, the House RECEDED and CONCURRED to ACCEPTANCE of the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. Placed in the Legislative Files. ( DEAD )

  2. 2025-04-08 Senate

    Senator PIERCE of Cumberland moved to INSIST Motion by Senator MOORE of Washington The Senate RECEDE and CONCUR FAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 84 Yeas 11 - Nays 22 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 Subsequently, The Senate INSISTED to ACCEPT The Minority Ought Not To Pass Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

  3. 2025-03-28 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP/ONTP

  4. 2025-03-12 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-03-12 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-01-30 Committee

    Referred to Committee on State and Local Government.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Establish "Welcome Home" as the Official State Anthem
Sponsor:
Senator Marianne Moore
Reference committee:
State and Local Government
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; OTP/ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 373
S.P. 165 In Senate, February 3, 2025
An Act to Establish "Welcome Home" as the Official State Anthem
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 30, 2025. Referred to the Committee
on State and Local Government pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator MOORE of Washington. (BY REQUEST)
Cosponsored by Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor.

Page 1 - 132LR0839(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §210-D is enacted to read:
3§210-D. State anthem
4 The official anthem of the State is the anthem entitled "Welcome Home," as written,
5 recorded and performed by Gordon Thomas Ward.
6SUMMARY
7 This bill establishes "Welcome Home," as written, recorded and performed by Gordon
8 Thomas Ward, as the official state anthem.
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