---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing The Burial Or Cremation Of Certain Persons"
description: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing The Burial Or Cremation Of Certain Persons"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 518"
citation: "Maine LD 518 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH", "DEAD BODIES", "BURIAL COSTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BRAKEY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-14"
last_action: "2017-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1413e16d-356c-4ec4-90a9-5b8d58d6fa0e"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063231"
source_hash: "5e7922afa3fef48369e92012fe50f79c1072ae2584d57b4d43ff297023b4c213"
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 518 (128) — An Act To Amend The Laws Governing The Burial Or Cremation Of Certain Persons

## 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/SP017901.asp)

## Sponsors

- BRAKEY — primary (person)
- LIBBY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-14** Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES suggested and ordered printed
- **2017-02-14** REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
- **2017-02-14** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-02-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-27** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2017-04-27** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** Committee Amendment "A" (S-45) READ and ADOPTED
- **2017-04-27** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2017-05-02** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2017-05-02** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-45) `reading-2`
- **2017-05-02** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2017-05-04** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-05-04** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-05-04** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-45).
- **2017-05-04** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-05-12** 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/1413e16d-356c-4ec4-90a9-5b8d58d6fa0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).