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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Enhance The Administration Of The Maine Human Rights Act"
+description: "An Act To Enhance The Administration Of The Maine Human Rights Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "129"
+identifier: "LD 1702"
+citation: "Maine LD 1702 (129)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HUMAN RIGHTS", "COMMISSION", "COMPLAINTS INVESTIGATION"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Donna BAILEY"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-05-08"
+last_action: "2019-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a43b72bd-22e4-481c-a81a-39c411cb2d7f"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073816"
+source_hash: "f7eb5dd86a800ed4d2a1497f2e8b2afb98d86fb191783af4964bfbb7deb5aefa"
+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 1702 (129) — An Act To Enhance The Administration Of The Maine Human Rights Act
+
+## 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=HP1217&item=2&snum=129)
+2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1217&item=5&snum=129)
+3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1217&item=1&snum=129)
+4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1217&item=4&snum=129)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **21–13** (pass) · upper
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **90–52** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Donna BAILEY — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-05-08** Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
+- **2019-05-08** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-05-08** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-18** Reports READ.
+- **2019-06-18** On motion of Representative BAILEY of Saco, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-06-18** ROLL CALL NO. 298
+- **2019-06-18** (Yeas 90 - Nays 52 - Absent 8 - Excused 1)
+- **2019-06-18** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-18** Committee Amendment "A" (H-642) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2019-06-18** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2019-06-18** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-642).
+- **2019-06-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2019-06-19** Reports Read
+- **2019-06-19** On motion by Senator CARPENTER of Aroostook the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-06-19** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 340 Yeas 21 - Nays 13 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
+- **2019-06-19** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-19** Committee Amendment "A" (H-642) READ and ADOPTED
+- **2019-06-19** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-642) in concurrence `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-19** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
+- **2019-06-19** Later today assigned.
+- **2019-06-19** Speaker laid before the House
+- **2019-06-19** On motion of Representative BAILEY of Saco, under suspension of the rules, the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
+- **2019-06-19** On further motion of same Representative House Amendment "A" (H-653) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2019-06-19** Subsequently, the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-642)
+- **2019-06-19** and House Amendment "A" (H-653).
+- **2019-06-19** In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
+- **2019-06-19** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-20** On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin The Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED With the Bill PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-642) AND House Amendment "A" (H-653) in concurrence
+- **2019-06-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2019-06-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-06-23** 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/a43b72bd-22e4-481c-a81a-39c411cb2d7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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