---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish Requirements For Civil Deputies"
description: "An Act To Establish Requirements For Civil Deputies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1776"
citation: "Maine LD 1776 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTY GOVERNMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "CIVIL DEPUTY POSITION CREATED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DION"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cb5dfac-71ac-44aa-966d-5a5391ef9598"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280067316"
source_hash: "c00c87b8f98e6da3155bedab23674e2cbb4cc037d672c5d5fa3eafda74ac39b9"
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 1776 (128) — An Act To Establish Requirements For Civil Deputies

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/SP066101.asp)

## Sponsors

- DION — primary (person)
- CHIPMAN — cosponsor (person)
- CYRWAY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-09** Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2018-01-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-02-20** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2018-02-20** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** Committee Amendment "A" (S-361) READ and ADOPTED
- **2018-02-20** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-361) `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** Sent down for concurrence
- **2018-02-22** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2018-02-22** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2018-02-22** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-361).
- **2018-02-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-02-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2018-02-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-03-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2018-03-07** 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/0cb5dfac-71ac-44aa-966d-5a5391ef9598`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).