---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, To Ensure That The Independent Commission To Investigate The Facts Of The Tragedy In Lewiston Has Necessary Authority To Discharge Its Fact-Finding Mission"
description: "Resolve, To Ensure That The Independent Commission To Investigate The Facts Of The Tragedy In Lewiston Has Necessary Authority To Discharge Its Fact-Finding Mission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2192"
citation: "Maine LD 2192 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EXECUTIVE DEPT", "LEWISTON INVESTIGATION COMMISSION", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel TALBOT ROSS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38615dce-01af-4efa-9254-6d0a2f78176c"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280091784"
source_hash: "03cb1cec9b37568bb966d3a487f1c501bc1c8ab36814f7c66ef3162a21a2704e"
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 2192 (131) — Resolve, To Ensure That The Independent Commission To Investigate The Facts Of The Tragedy In Lewiston Has Necessary Authority To Discharge Its Fact-Finding Mission

## 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=HP1405&item=3&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1405&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1405&item=4&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)
- Billy Bob FAULKINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
- **2024-01-25** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-01-25** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2024-02-08** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2024-02-08** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-740). `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-02-08** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2024-02-08** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-08** Committee Amendment "A" (H-740) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-08** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-740), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2024-02-13** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2024-02-13** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-02-13** FINALLY PASSED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2024-02-05T05:00:00+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/38615dce-01af-4efa-9254-6d0a2f78176c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).