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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act Regarding Remote Participation In Public Proceedings"
+description: "An Act Regarding Remote Participation In Public Proceedings"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "130"
+identifier: "LD 32"
+citation: "Maine LD 32 (130)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["FREEDOM OF ACCESS", "PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS", "REMOTE ACCESS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Harold STEWART"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-11"
+last_action: "2021-06-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e3ee502-7de7-4c7e-a896-1cef5f32765c"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280077964"
+source_hash: "ec9028cf9fdae616c3bb2d8a01a4a46f11033b6a06a16470164b1f764827bf53"
+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 32 (130) — An Act Regarding Remote Participation In Public Proceedings
+
+## 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=SP0040&item=2&snum=130)
+2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0040&item=5&snum=130)
+3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0040&item=1&snum=130)
+4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0040&item=3&snum=130)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACCEPT REPORT — **32–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Harold STEWART — primary (person)
+- Ned CLAXTON — cosponsor (person)
+- Roland MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
+- Thom HARNETT — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 11, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
+- **2021-06-15** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
+- **2021-06-15** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2021-06-15** Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2021-06-15** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-301). `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2021-06-15** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
+- **2021-06-15** Report READ and ACCEPTED
+- **2021-06-15** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 379 Yeas 32 - Nays 2 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
+- **2021-06-15** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2021-06-15** Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) READ
+- **2021-06-15** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland Senate Amendment "A" (S-308) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-15** Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-308) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-15** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-308) thereto `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2021-06-15** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2021-06-16** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
+- **2021-06-16** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2021-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) was READ.
+- **2021-06-16** Senate Amendment "A" (S-308) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2021-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-308) thereto ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-16** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2021-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-308) thereto. `reading-3`
+- **2021-06-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2021-06-17** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
+- **2021-06-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2021-06-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2021-06-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2021-06-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
+- **2021-05-27T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2021-05-27T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
+- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e3ee502-7de7-4c7e-a896-1cef5f32765c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+