---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Clarify Funding For Civil Legal Services"
description: "An Act To Clarify Funding For Civil Legal Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 483"
citation: "Maine LD 483 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES FUND", "FUNDING", "LEGAL SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne CARNEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a8f132c-8023-4e8b-9246-3746cbdf1ae8"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078788"
source_hash: "23af0b557b28a465066bfe5864170f771bc6765dae45ba586eb22389ef69ed5a"
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 483 (130) — An Act To Clarify Funding For Civil Legal Services

## 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=SP0189&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0189&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0189&item=3&snum=130)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **22–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anne CARNEY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 17, 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 theMajority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2021-06-16** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 399 Yeas 22 - Nays 12 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2021-06-16** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-320) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-16** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-320) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-16** Sent down for concurrence
- **2021-06-17** Reports READ.
- **2021-06-17** On motion of Representative HARNETT of Gardiner, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-17** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-320) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **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 as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-320). `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.
- **2021-06-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-22** 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
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered
- **2021-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+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/8a8f132c-8023-4e8b-9246-3746cbdf1ae8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).