---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Update Maine'S Domestic Violence And Stalking Laws"
description: "An Act To Update Maine'S Domestic Violence And Stalking Laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2085"
citation: "Maine LD 2085 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "STALKING", "TELEPHONES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne CARNEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34c27d0c-8a44-4508-84c0-07822a2ea848"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280091479"
source_hash: "1c9f6a96801d135ca68af5f8d2964ff92781769d1f6bf88bad1f3acf179e390a"
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 2085 (131) — An Act To Update Maine'S Domestic Violence And Stalking Laws

## 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=SP0878&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0878&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0878&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Anne CARNEY — primary (person)
- Adam LEE — cosponsor (person)
- Amy ARATA — cosponsor (person)
- Amy KUHN — cosponsor (person)
- Erin SHEEHAN — cosponsor (person)
- James LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
- Kristen CLOUTIER — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel HENDERSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03** Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2024-01-03** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-02-20** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2024-02-20** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** Committee Amendment "A" (S-528) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2024-02-21** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2024-02-21** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-528) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2024-02-22** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2024-02-22** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2024-02-22** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-528). `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-02-27** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2024-02-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-02-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+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/34c27d0c-8a44-4508-84c0-07822a2ea848`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).