---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide Consistency Among Medical Professionals With Regard To Jury Duty Exemption"
description: "An Act To Provide Consistency Among Medical Professionals With Regard To Jury Duty Exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 46"
citation: "Maine LD 46 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "JURY", "NURSE PRACTITIONERS EXEMPT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LIBBY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4b22ce1-281b-4053-a8c9-e4531c96273b"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280062514"
source_hash: "55768e8e3366f698d23aa069e4e061dbb62b7cb9879ce8be2c8b4b2058c6c6c6"
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 46 (128) — An Act To Provide Consistency Among Medical Professionals With Regard To Jury Duty Exemption

## 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/SP002601.asp)

## Votes

- ACCEPTANCE OF REPORT — **26–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LIBBY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Committee on JUDICIARY
- **2017-01-10** suggested and ordered printed
- **2017-01-10** REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-10** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-01-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-11** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-27** Reports READ
- **2017-04-27** On motion by Senator KEIM of Oxford Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE of THE REPORT
- **2017-06-19** Taken from the table by the President
- **2017-06-19** Subsequently Report ACCEPTED
- **2017-06-19** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 346 Yeas 26 - Nays 9 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2017-06-19** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-06-19** Committee Amendment "A" (S-46) READ and ADOPTED Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-46) `reading-2`
- **2017-06-19** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-06-21** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-06-21** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-06-21** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-46).
- **2017-06-21** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-22** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-22** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-23** 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/e4b22ce1-281b-4053-a8c9-e4531c96273b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).