---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Ensure That The Legislature Has The Information Necessary To Do The Work Of The People Of Maine"
description: "An Act To Ensure That The Legislature Has The Information Necessary To Do The Work Of The People Of Maine"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 257"
citation: "Maine LD 257 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE GOVERNMENT", "EXECUTIVE DEPT", "COMMISSIONER PARTICIPATION IN HEARI"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David MIRAMANT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7c3ea9f-d6d2-46be-bf9f-ab0e6ca98822"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071012"
source_hash: "70a3fa57f464c349a95f394d2a14cfc31581ecdcd413413a3afaa845472ee561"
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 257 (129) — An Act To Ensure That The Legislature Has The Information Necessary To Do The Work Of The People Of Maine

## 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=SP0069&item=3&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0069&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0069&item=4&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- David MIRAMANT — primary (person)
- Daniel HOBBS — cosponsor (person)
- Janice DODGE — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey EVANGELOS — cosponsor (person)
- Walter RISEMAN — cosponsor (person)
- William PLUECKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** 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
- **2019-01-22** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-02** Reports Read
- **2019-05-02** On motion by Senator CLAXTON of Androscoggin the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-02** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** Committee Amendment "A" (S-76) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-05-02** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-76) `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-05-07** Reports READ.
- **2019-05-07** On motion of Representative MARTIN of Sinclair, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-07** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-76) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-05-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-76).
- **2019-05-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-23** 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/d7c3ea9f-d6d2-46be-bf9f-ab0e6ca98822`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).