---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding Certain Employees Of And To Allow Supplemental Funding For The Public Advocate"
description: "An Act Regarding Certain Employees Of And To Allow Supplemental Funding For The Public Advocate"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 487"
citation: "Maine LD 487 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION", "POSITION RENAMED", "PUBLIC ADVOCATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark LAWRENCE"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce9b3654-e003-486f-8cba-697a3ab879e8"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078793"
source_hash: "e2c166fb9844713603802643f35bb6924ff5ef6a884397adf352081cde8b51df"
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 487 (130) — An Act Regarding Certain Employees Of And To Allow Supplemental Funding For The Public Advocate

## 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=SP0194&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0194&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0194&item=4&snum=130)
4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0194&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Mark LAWRENCE — 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 ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY 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.
- **2021-06-07** Reports Read
- **2021-06-07** On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc Report A Ought to Pass as Amended By Committee Amendmend "A" (H-169) ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-07** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-169) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-169) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-07** Sent down for concurrence
- **2021-06-08** Reports READ.
- **2021-06-08** On motion of Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham, REPORT A Ought to Pass as Amended was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-08** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-08** Committee Amendment "A" (S-169) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-08** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-08** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-169). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-08** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered - TABLED
- **2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce9b3654-e003-486f-8cba-697a3ab879e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).