---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, To Authorize The Chief Justice Of The Supreme Judicial Court To Arrange The Constitution Of Maine To Incorporate Amendments Approved At The November 2023 Referendum"
description: "Resolve, To Authorize The Chief Justice Of The Supreme Judicial Court To Arrange The Constitution Of Maine To Incorporate Amendments Approved At The November 2023 Referendum"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2196"
citation: "Maine LD 2196 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["2023 REFERENDUM", "AMENDMENTS", "STATE CONSTITUTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel TALBOT ROSS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-02-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b857626-8eb9-4922-9131-d841dfc18591"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280091818"
source_hash: "7bc1f469a368e327bb4b8d916605748f9ed7879474f6ef7a1e230c95a956051d"
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 2196 (131) — Resolve, To Authorize The Chief Justice Of The Supreme Judicial Court To Arrange The Constitution Of Maine To Incorporate Amendments Approved At The November 2023 Referendum

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1407&item=1&snum=131)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1407&item=2&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)
- Adam LEE — cosponsor (person)
- Amy KUHN — cosponsor (person)
- Eric BRAKEY — cosponsor (person)
- Erin SHEEHAN — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer POIRIER — cosponsor (person)
- John ANDREWS — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen MORIARTY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
- **2024-01-30** Under suspension of the rules and WITHOUT REFERENCE to a Committee, the Resolve was READ TWICE and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-02-01** Under suspension of the Rules READ TWICE and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, without reference to a Committee. in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2024-02-06** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-02-08** FINALLY PASSED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-02-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b857626-8eb9-4922-9131-d841dfc18591`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).