---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Ensure Equity In Petitions For Rulemaking Under The Maine Administrative Procedure Act"
description: "An Act To Ensure Equity In Petitions For Rulemaking Under The Maine Administrative Procedure Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 661"
citation: "Maine LD 661 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INCARCERATED CITIZENS MAY PETITION", "RULEMAKING", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel TALBOT ROSS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3253c99d-6cff-4e74-a3e5-b96913b72fea"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079114"
source_hash: "3e35d6de83ac3d63d49d684855763c5393d0b642e85c8325e51a7453bc98ff22"
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 661 (130) — An Act To Ensure Equity In Petitions For Rulemaking Under The Maine Administrative Procedure Act

## 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=HP0488&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0488&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0488&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01** Received by the Clerk of the House on March 1, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-03-01** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `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.
- **2021-06-10** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-06-10** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-06-10** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-534). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-14** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2021-06-14** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (H-534) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-14** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-534), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-14** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2021-06-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-17** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+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/3253c99d-6cff-4e74-a3e5-b96913b72fea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).