---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish A Statewide Electronic Warrant System"
description: "An Act To Establish A Statewide Electronic Warrant System"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 679"
citation: "Maine LD 679 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARREST", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "ELECTRONIC WARRANT SYSTEM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisa KEIM"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-02"
last_action: "2022-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9719eef-760b-4c1e-96c0-3d9ce7df8304"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079144"
source_hash: "27b8ec080b343d965f918a4db5f1bfdaf5b79810979291b498fbe4efb5ac3bb0"
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 679 (130) — An Act To Establish A Statewide Electronic Warrant System

## 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=SP0266&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0266&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0266&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Lisa KEIM — primary (person)
- Paul DAVIS — cosponsor (person)
- Richard PICKETT — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey GUERIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 2, 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** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-16** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-315) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-16** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-315). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-16** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2021-06-17** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-06-17** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-06-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-315). `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.
- **2021-06-17** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2021-07-19** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1302
- **2022-04-25** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2022-04-25** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-05-02** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+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/d9719eef-760b-4c1e-96c0-3d9ce7df8304`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).