---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Law Governing Certain Sexual Offenses"
description: "An Act To Amend The Law Governing Certain Sexual Offenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1657"
citation: "Maine LD 1657 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSENT DEFINITION", "CRIMES", "SEX OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna BAILEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-13"
last_action: "2023-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb2869d7-c640-4e2c-9344-6e537d5c7226"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088714"
source_hash: "a81bf1b038161d0cefe7c8358f9128851e39e415672a0d3c6011e63cdd612d4b"
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 1657 (131) — An Act To Amend The Law Governing Certain Sexual Offenses

## 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=SP0662&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0662&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0662&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Donna BAILEY — primary (person)
- Chad PERKINS — cosponsor (person)
- Donald ARDELL — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew HARRINGTON — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne SALISBURY — cosponsor (person)
- Tavis HASENFUS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-13** Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-04-13** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-12** Reports READ
- **2023-06-12** On motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-06-12** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-256)
- **2023-06-12** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-256) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** Sent down for concurrence
- **2023-06-13** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-13** On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-13** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-256) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-13** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-256). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-09T04:00:00+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/cb2869d7-c640-4e2c-9344-6e537d5c7226`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).