---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Clarify The Rule-Making Authority Of The Supreme Judicial Court Concerning Electronic Records And Filing"
description: "An Act To Clarify The Rule-Making Authority Of The Supreme Judicial Court Concerning Electronic Records And Filing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1096"
citation: "Maine LD 1096 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND FILING", "SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne CARNEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-18"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5874630a-d4bd-4863-bdb2-a5ba5480f9c6"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079631"
source_hash: "9bbdefc8ac6f2e8e2f2368b7d5349fea434d302c8f4ff82b1b30ae40377ce892"
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 1096 (130) — An Act To Clarify The Rule-Making Authority Of The Supreme Judicial Court Concerning Electronic Records And Filing

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0357&item=3&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0357&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0357&item=4&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Anne CARNEY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 18, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-06-16** Reports READ
- **2021-06-16** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED
- **2021-06-16** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-16** Under suspension of the Rules READ A SECOND TIME And PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-16** Sent down for concurrence in concurrence
- **2021-06-17** Reports READ.
- **2021-06-17** On motion of Representative HARNETT of Gardiner, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-17** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-17** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2021-06-17** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5874630a-d4bd-4863-bdb2-a5ba5480f9c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).