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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Clarify The Disposition Of Funds Presumed Abandoned In A Lawyer'S Trust Account"
+description: "An Act To Clarify The Disposition Of Funds Presumed Abandoned In A Lawyer'S Trust Account"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "129"
+identifier: "LD 1483"
+citation: "Maine LD 1483 (129)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "IOLTA", "ABANDONED FUNDS PAID"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barbara CARDONE"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-04-04"
+last_action: "2019-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/985c5e78-946c-44e0-a35a-eaa78c11df54"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073001"
+source_hash: "911c0d300c9e675366e722c0502363e13e5fdf98600c149db7b16e95d04e2bf6"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
+---
+
+# Maine LD 1483 (129) — An Act To Clarify The Disposition Of Funds Presumed Abandoned In A Lawyer'S Trust Account
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1085&item=2&snum=129)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1085&item=1&snum=129)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1085&item=4&snum=129)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACCEPT RPT 'A' OTP-A — **21–14** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barbara CARDONE — primary (person)
+- Shenna BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)
+- Thom HARNETT — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-04** Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
+- **2019-04-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-04-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-12** Reports READ.
+- **2019-06-12** On motion of Representative BAILEY of Saco, REPORT A Ought to Pass as Amended was ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-06-12** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-12** Committee Amendment "A" (H-575) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2019-06-12** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2019-06-12** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-575).
+- **2019-06-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-12** Reports Read
+- **2019-06-12** On motion by Senator CARPENTER of Aroostook Report A Ought to Pass as Amended ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-06-12** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 292 Yeas 21 - Nays 14 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
+- **2019-06-12** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-12** Committee Amendment "A" (H-575) READ and ADOPTED
+- **2019-06-12** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-575) in concurrence `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2019-06-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-14** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
+- **2019-06-19** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
+- **2019-06-19** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-06-27** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/985c5e78-946c-44e0-a35a-eaa78c11df54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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