---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Implement The Recommendations Of The Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning Time Estimates For Responding To Public Records Requests"
description: "An Act To Implement The Recommendations Of The Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning Time Estimates For Responding To Public Records Requests"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1208"
citation: "Maine LD 1208 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FREEDOM OF ACCESS", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "REQUEST RESPONSE TIME"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew MOONEN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-16"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e697dc1f-b029-4b8c-924c-09d30179f325"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280087610"
source_hash: "320ba949d593b0739d5d89ae3ffd8b9adb12a2bbfc90f8f5689e55e24a954aab"
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 1208 (131) — An Act To Implement The Recommendations Of The Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning Time Estimates For Responding To Public Records Requests

## 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=HP0768&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0768&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0768&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Matthew MOONEN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-16** Representative MOONEN for the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, section 411, subsection 6, paragraph G reports that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY and printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2023-03-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-21** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2023-03-21** On motion by Senator Carney of Cumberland REFERRED to the Committee on Judiciary and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218, in concurrence. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-05-18** Reports READ.
- **2023-05-18** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-18** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-18** Committee Amendment "A" (H-161) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-05-18** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-161). `reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-23** Reports Read
- **2023-05-23** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
- **2023-05-23** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-05-23** Committee Amendment "A" (H-161) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-23** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-05-25** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-25** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-161), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2023-06-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-01** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e697dc1f-b029-4b8c-924c-09d30179f325`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).