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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Address The Limited Availability Of Counsel In Courts To Represent Indigent Parties In Matters Affecting Their Fundamental Rights"
+description: "An Act To Address The Limited Availability Of Counsel In Courts To Represent Indigent Parties In Matters Affecting Their Fundamental Rights"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "132"
+identifier: "LD 1101"
+citation: "Maine LD 1101 (132)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ALTERNATIVE APPOINTMENTS", "APPOINTED COUNSEL", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anne CARNEY"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-14"
+last_action: "2025-04-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a02cd95-1552-4e66-bafe-5aa8b0652510"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097525"
+source_hash: "06bfda3efcaafd88d041a2d1a623050fa9baf9ab9a4d30c2e91785499974be32"
+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 1101 (132) — An Act To Address The Limited Availability Of Counsel In Courts To Represent Indigent Parties In Matters Affecting Their Fundamental Rights
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment C-A (S-11)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0462&item=2&snum=132)
+2. **Amendment H-A to C-A (H-47)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0462&item=4&snum=132)
+3. **Chapter 40** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0462&item=3&snum=132)
+4. **LD 1101 SP 462** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0462&item=1&snum=132)
+
+## Votes
+
+- INDEF PP HAH-47 — **91–53** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED — **113–32** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anne CARNEY — primary (person)
+- Amy KUHN — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 14, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
+- **2025-04-08** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
+- **2025-04-08** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2025-04-08** Committee Amendment "A" (S-11) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2025-04-08** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-11). `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-08** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
+- **2025-04-10** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
+- **2025-04-10** On OBJECTION of Representative FREDETTE of Newport REMOVED.
+- **2025-04-10** The Committee Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
+- **2025-04-10** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2025-04-10** Committee Amendment "A" (S-11) was READ.
+- **2025-04-10** On motion of Representative FREDETTE of Newport, House Amendment "A" (H-47) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-11) was READ.
+- **2025-04-10** On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, House Amendment "A" (H-47) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-11) was INDEFINITELY POSTPONED.
+- **2025-04-10** ROLL CALL NO. 77
+- **2025-04-10** (Yeas 91 - Nays 53 - Absent 6 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
+- **2025-04-10** Subsequently, Committee Amendment "A" (S-11) was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-10** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2025-04-10** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-11) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-10** ROLL CALL NO. 78
+- **2025-04-10** (Yeas 113 - Nays 32 - Absent 5 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
+- **2025-04-10** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2025-04-10** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
+- **2025-04-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2025-04-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2025-04-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2025-04-23** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
+- **2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
+- **2025-04-07T04:00:00+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/4a02cd95-1552-4e66-bafe-5aa8b0652510`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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