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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Enact The Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act"
+description: "An Act To Enact The Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "130"
+identifier: "LD 903"
+citation: "Maine LD 903 (130)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["DEBT COLLECTION", "FINANCIAL PRACTICES", "FOREIGN COUNTRY MONEY JUDGMENTS RE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Stephen MORIARTY"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-10"
+last_action: "2022-05-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba2141a3-c75b-47c1-9c2e-1f92f29a55ef"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079358"
+source_hash: "260646cd4c2a251d3fe9b090f0bb997e758f831c0057924dab1ba640e3e7c363"
+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 903 (130) — An Act To Enact The Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition 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=HP0659&item=2&snum=130)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0659&item=1&snum=130)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0659&item=3&snum=130)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **72–43** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Stephen MORIARTY — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-10** Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
+- **2021-03-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2021-03-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence `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.
+- **2021-07-19** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1302.
+- **2022-04-07** Reports READ.
+- **2022-04-07** On motion of Representative HARNETT of Gardiner, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2022-04-07** ROLL CALL NO. 533
+- **2022-04-07** (Yeas 72 - Nays 43 - Absent 32 - Excused 0 - Vacant 4)
+- **2022-04-07** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2022-04-07** Committee Amendment "A" (H-948) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2022-04-07** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2022-04-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-948). `reading-3`
+- **2022-04-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2022-04-11** Reports READ
+- **2022-04-11** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
+- **2022-04-12** Taken from the table by the President
+- **2022-04-12** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
+- **2022-04-12** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2022-04-12** Committee Amendment "A" (H-948) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-12** in concurrence Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-948) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2022-04-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2022-04-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2022-04-14** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
+- **2022-04-25** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
+- **2022-04-25** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-05-02** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
+- **2021-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Requested
+- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
+- **2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
+- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba2141a3-c75b-47c1-9c2e-1f92f29a55ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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