---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide Remedies For Survivors Of Commercial Sexual Exploitation"
description: "An Act To Provide Remedies For Survivors Of Commercial Sexual Exploitation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1436"
citation: "Maine LD 1436 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "PROSTITUTION", "REMEDIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lois RECKITT"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2023-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be88a864-83aa-4ffd-baba-292e905059ea"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088243"
source_hash: "e29b5778a8b15f71f35678fcb7ae42b61847bad7cb6ccdc30b1ede14c2779902"
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 1436 (131) — An Act To Provide Remedies For Survivors Of Commercial Sexual Exploitation

## 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=HP0932&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0932&item=5&snum=131)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0932&item=1&snum=131)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0932&item=4&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **99–43** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **25–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lois RECKITT — primary (person)
- Benjamin COLLINGS — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel SAYRE — cosponsor (person)
- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Holly SARGENT — cosponsor (person)
- Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
- Janice DODGE — cosponsor (person)
- Laura SUPICA — cosponsor (person)
- Lori GRAMLICH — cosponsor (person)
- Lynne WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-30** Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-03-30** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY 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.
- **2023-06-21** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-21** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.
- **2023-06-21** Later today assigned.
- **2023-06-27** Speaker laid before the House
- **2023-06-27** Subsequently, on motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-27** ROLL CALL NO. 344
- **2023-06-27** (Yeas 99 - Nays 43 - Absent 9 - Excused 0)
- **2023-06-27** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-27** Committee Amendment "A" (H-676) was READ.
- **2023-06-27** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, House Amendment "A" (H-716) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-676) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-27** Committee Amendment "A" (H-676) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-716) thereto was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-27** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-27** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-676) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-716) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2023-06-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-06** Reports READ
- **2023-07-06** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-07-06** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 470 Yeas 25 - Nays 7 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2023-07-06** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-07-06** Committee Amendment "A" (H-676) READ
- **2023-07-06** House Amendment "A" (H-716) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-676) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-06** Committee Amendment "A" (H-676) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-716) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-676) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-716) thereto in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-07-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-07-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-07-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+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/be88a864-83aa-4ffd-baba-292e905059ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).