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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Increase Funding For Civil Legal Services"
+description: "An Act To Increase Funding For Civil Legal Services"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "129"
+identifier: "LD 214"
+citation: "Maine LD 214 (129)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["LEGAL SERVICES", "ACCESS", "SYSTEM IMPROVED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barbara CARDONE"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-22"
+last_action: "2019-06-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b31f37bc-9b1b-4fc5-bd10-e1db9f41249d"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071005"
+source_hash: "662354e62309d1cb236a2a954833407e3fb9afc06d5397f4b7965aeb19762077"
+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 214 (129) — An Act To Increase Funding For Civil Legal Services
+
+## 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=HP0177&item=2&snum=129)
+2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0177&item=8&snum=129)
+3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0177&item=1&snum=129)
+4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0177&item=7&snum=129)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ENACTMENT — **21–14** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barbara CARDONE — primary (person)
+- Dale DENNO — cosponsor (person)
+- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
+- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
+- John MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
+- Shenna BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)
+- Stanley ZEIGLER — cosponsor (person)
+- Thom HARNETT — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-22** Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
+- **2019-01-22** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-01-24** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-23** Reports READ.
+- **2019-05-23** On motion of Representative BAILEY of Saco, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-05-23** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2019-05-23** Committee Amendment "A" (H-316) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2019-05-23** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2019-05-23** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-316).
+- **2019-05-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-05-28** Reports Read
+- **2019-05-28** On motion by Senator CARPENTER of Aroostook the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-05-28** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2019-05-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-316) READ and ADOPTED
+- **2019-05-28** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-316) in concurrence `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-29** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2019-05-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-05-30** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
+- **2019-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2019-06-19** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 359 Yeas 21 - Nays 14 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
+- **2019-06-20** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
+- **2019-06-20** Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-316)
+- **2019-06-20** Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-316) was ADOPTED
+- **2019-06-20** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-370) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-316) READ and ADOPTED
+- **2019-06-20** Committee Amendment "A" (H-316) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-370) thereto ADOPTED
+- **2019-06-20** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-316) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-370) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE
+- **2019-06-20** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2019-06-20** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-316) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-370) thereto.
+- **2019-06-20** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **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`
+- **2019-06-20** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 359 Yeas 21 - Nays 14 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
+- **2019-06-28** 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/b31f37bc-9b1b-4fc5-bd10-e1db9f41249d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+