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LD702 • 2025

An Act to Designate January 6th as A Day to Remember

An Act to Designate January 6th as A Day to Remember

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Rafael Macias
Last action
2025-05-29
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act to Designate January 6th as A Day to Remember

An Act to Designate January 6th as A Day to Remember Sponsor: Representative Rafael Macias Reference committee: State and Local Government Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Designate January 6th as A Day to Remember Sponsor: Representative Rafael Macias Reference committee: State and Local Government Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1795(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1795(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 702 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. 2025-05-29 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-05-22 Senate

    Taken from the table by the President FINALLY PASSED in concurrence. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 222 Yeas 19 - Nays 14 - Excused 2 - Absent 0

  3. 2025-05-20 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2025-05-12 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

  5. 2025-04-09 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-04-09 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  7. 2025-02-20 Committee

    Referred to Committee on State and Local Government.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Designate January 6th as A Day to Remember
Sponsor:
Representative Rafael Macias
Reference committee:
State and Local Government
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Page 1 - 132LR1795(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 441 - L.D. 702
An Act to Designate January 6th as A Day to Remember
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §150-W is enacted to read:
§150-W. A Day to Remember
January 6th of each year is designated as A Day to Remember, and the Governor shall
annually issue a proclamation honoring the resilience of democracy during the events of
January 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C., encouraging the people of the State to use the day as
an opportunity for reflection on the values of democracy, civic responsibility and the
importance of protecting constitutional governance and encouraging educational
institutions, civic organizations and public libraries to observe the day with discussions,
events and programming to educate citizens about the importance of civic engagement and
the rule of law.
APPROVED
MAY 29, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
144
PUBLIC LAW