---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Maintain Consistency Among Maine'S Nondiscrimination Statutes"
description: "An Act To Maintain Consistency Among Maine'S Nondiscrimination Statutes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1786"
citation: "Maine LD 1786 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISCRIMINATION", "HUMAN RIGHTS", "STATUTE UPDATES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne CARNEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-12-07"
last_action: "2022-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0186cc5-6aa5-40cc-8049-e4c9575fee7b"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082100"
source_hash: "ef7b0d685031ced5c9a6ca232239e17557a1cb6277c5f40dd1cbbf8bb62ee225"
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 1786 (130) — An Act To Maintain Consistency Among Maine'S Nondiscrimination Statutes

## 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=SP0624&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0624&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0624&item=3&snum=130)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **76–55** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **21–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anne CARNEY — primary (person)
- Barbara CARDONE — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Erin SHEEHAN — cosponsor (person)
- Lois RECKITT — cosponsor (person)
- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
- Raegan LAROCHELLE — cosponsor (person)
- Rena NEWELL — cosponsor (person)
- Thom HARNETT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 7, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Reports Read
- **2022-03-22** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2022-03-22** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 624 Yeas 21 - Nays 13 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2022-03-22** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2022-03-22** Committee Amendment "A" (S-444) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-22** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-444) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-22** Sent down for concurrence
- **2022-03-24** Reports READ.
- **2022-03-24** On motion of Representative HARNETT of Gardiner, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2022-03-24** ROLL CALL NO. 477
- **2022-03-24** (Yeas 76 - Nays 55 - Absent 17 - Excused 0 - Vacant 3)
- **2022-03-24** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-24** Committee Amendment "A" (S-444) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-03-24** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2022-03-24** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-444). `reading-3`
- **2022-03-24** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-24** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-03-24** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-29** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0186cc5-6aa5-40cc-8049-e4c9575fee7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).