---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Clarify Provisions Of The Maine Juvenile Code Regarding Inspection, Disclosure And Dissemination Of Juvenile Case Records And To Change Gender-Specific Terms"
description: "An Act To Clarify Provisions Of The Maine Juvenile Code Regarding Inspection, Disclosure And Dissemination Of Juvenile Case Records And To Change Gender-Specific Terms"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1573"
citation: "Maine LD 1573 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["JUVENILE OFFENDERS", "JUVENILE CODE", "JUVENILE COURT RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara CARDONE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-04-16"
last_action: "2019-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d084762d-3305-47e3-8c2e-b25f7f91f615"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073379"
source_hash: "7e4aef4e67127df07f58c036668ac85ddf96e31f81083365375ae9bb31419dc2"
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 1573 (129) — An Act To Clarify Provisions Of The Maine Juvenile Code Regarding Inspection, Disclosure And Dissemination Of Juvenile Case Records And To Change Gender-Specific Terms

## 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=HP1135&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1135&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1135&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Barbara CARDONE — primary (person)
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-16** Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-04-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-19** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-19** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-651).
- **2019-06-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-19** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-19** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-19** Committee Amendment "A" (H-651) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-19** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-651), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-19** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-07-02** 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/d084762d-3305-47e3-8c2e-b25f7f91f615`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).