---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Enhance Personal And Public Safety By Requiring Evaluations Of And Judicial Hearings For Persons In Protective Custody Regarding Risk Of Harm And Restricting Access To Dangerous Weapons"
description: "An Act To Enhance Personal And Public Safety By Requiring Evaluations Of And Judicial Hearings For Persons In Protective Custody Regarding Risk Of Harm And Restricting Access To Dangerous Weapons"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1811"
citation: "Maine LD 1811 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PROTECTIVE CUSTODY", "MEDICAL EVALUATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisa KEIM"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-05-30"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a023a1f9-9cd7-42dc-97c3-d8f29d7c9df5"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280074339"
source_hash: "729a6348403b1ec1bc0625e415078560252b6260d6840652bcbe9b496702df88"
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 1811 (129) — An Act To Enhance Personal And Public Safety By Requiring Evaluations Of And Judicial Hearings For Persons In Protective Custody Regarding Risk Of Harm And Restricting Access To Dangerous Weapons

## 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=SP0612&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0612&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0612&item=4&snum=129)
4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0612&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **135–9** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- INDEF POSTPONE BILL & PAPERS — **13–119** (fail) · lower
- ACC MIN OTP AS AMENDED REP — **45–99** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lisa KEIM — primary (person)
- Michael CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-30** Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-05-30** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-19** Reports READ
- **2019-06-19** On motion by Senator CARPENTER of Aroostook The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-357) Report ACCEPTED
- **2019-06-19** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 345 Yeas 32 - Nays 0 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
- **2019-06-19** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-06-19** Committee Amendment "A" (S-357) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-06-19** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-357) `reading-2`
- **2019-06-19** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-06-19** Reports READ.
- **2019-06-19** Representative BAILEY of Saco moved to ACCEPT the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
- **2019-06-19** Motion of Representative HANDY of Lewiston to INDEFINITELY POSTPONE the Bill and accompanying papers FAILED.
- **2019-06-19** ROLL CALL NO. 313
- **2019-06-19** (Yeas 13 - Nays 119 - Absent 18 - Excused 1)
- **2019-06-19** Subsequently, the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report FAILED.
- **2019-06-19** ROLL CALL NO. 314
- **2019-06-19** (Yeas 45 - Nays 99 - Absent 6 - Excused 1)
- **2019-06-19** Subsequently, Representative BAILEY of Saco moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
- **2019-06-19** ROLL CALL NO. 315
- **2019-06-19** (Yeas 135 - Nays 9 - Absent 6 - Excused 1)
- **2019-06-19** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-06-19** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-357).
- **2019-06-19** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-20** 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/a023a1f9-9cd7-42dc-97c3-d8f29d7c9df5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).