---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Allow Maine Nonprofit Corporations To Hold Meetings Electronically"
description: "An Act To Allow Maine Nonprofit Corporations To Hold Meetings Electronically"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 683"
citation: "Maine LD 683 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FREEDOM OF ACCESS", "NONPROFITS ELECTRONIC MEETINGS", "PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harold STEWART"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-02"
last_action: "2021-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bed9268b-fbea-410c-b3da-8bad9b393b44"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079149"
source_hash: "83f063d401aa6faf575c96b0d833c165b667b25c17d643cea863e46641b7fc48"
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 683 (130) — An Act To Allow Maine Nonprofit Corporations To Hold Meetings Electronically

## 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=SP0271&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0271&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0271&item=4&snum=130)
4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0271&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Harold STEWART — primary (person)
- Bruce WHITE — cosponsor (person)
- Heather SANBORN — cosponsor (person)
- John DUCHARME — 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.
- **2021-06-14** Reports READ
- **2021-06-14** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-258) Report ACCEPTED
- **2021-06-14** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-258) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-14** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-258) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-14** Sent down for concurrence
- **2021-06-15** Reports READ.
- **2021-06-15** On motion of Representative HARNETT of Gardiner, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-15** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-15** Committee Amendment "A" (S-258) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-15** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-15** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-258). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-15** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bed9268b-fbea-410c-b3da-8bad9b393b44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).