---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Create The Crime Of Hate Crime False Public Alarm Or Report"
description: "An Act To Create The Crime Of Hate Crime False Public Alarm Or Report"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 491"
citation: "Maine LD 491 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "HATE CRIME FALSE PUBLIC ALARM OR R", "NEW"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David MIRAMANT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f93ec957-e274-4a8d-bcd3-315c7cf42688"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078797"
source_hash: "7b8534b8300cda9660b261d8c2fa2e9c12965f4c9a14c9c3feefc7e72d9dad2a"
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 491 (130) — An Act To Create The Crime Of Hate Crime False Public Alarm Or Report

## 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=SP0198&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0198&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0198&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- David MIRAMANT — primary (person)
- Chloe MAXMIN — cosponsor (person)
- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Lois RECKITT — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
- Valli GEIGER — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria DOUDERA — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria MORALES — cosponsor (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 CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY 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.
- **2021-06-03** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-03** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-03** Committee Amendment "A" (S-143) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-03** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-143). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2021-06-03** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-06-03** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-06-03** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-143). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-03** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-11** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f93ec957-e274-4a8d-bcd3-315c7cf42688`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).