---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding Qualifications For District Attorneys"
description: "An Act Regarding Qualifications For District Attorneys"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 540"
citation: "Maine LD 540 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTY GOVERNMENT", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "QUALIFICATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joshua MORRIS"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ca23d35-5032-4aa8-9820-a0152ec0f211"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071417"
source_hash: "bbc7643f070f40d5dc65b6cebcb37526273f45ee9dd6847a1a35743911c9d4b3"
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 540 (129) — An Act Regarding Qualifications For District Attorneys

## 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=HP0397&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0397&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0397&item=4&snum=129)
4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0397&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Joshua MORRIS — primary (person)
- Danny COSTAIN — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- Randall HALL — cosponsor (person)
- Richard MASON — cosponsor (person)
- Richard PICKETT — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria MORALES — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Reports READ.
- **2019-04-18** On motion of Representative BAILEY of Saco, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-18** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-18** Committee Amendment "A" (H-98) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-04-18** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-98).
- **2019-04-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-23** Reports Read
- **2019-04-23** On motion by Senator CARPENTER of Aroostook the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
- **2019-04-23** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-04-23** Committee Amendment "A" (H-98) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
- **2019-04-23** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-98) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-08** 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/9ca23d35-5032-4aa8-9820-a0152ec0f211`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).