---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Implement The Recommendations Of The Maine Commission On Indigent Legal Services"
description: "An Act To Implement The Recommendations Of The Maine Commission On Indigent Legal Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2219"
citation: "Maine LD 2219 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSION", "INDIGENT", "LEGAL SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne CARNEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-02-20"
last_action: "2024-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0ffdcde-1c31-45c7-9f48-fd06961a3942"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280092059"
source_hash: "02f20e8c7dabdbdaf1eb05d6321d63d46289f1615c2d204bd323e7b2dc4f3d99"
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 2219 (131) — An Act To Implement The Recommendations Of The Maine Commission On Indigent Legal Services

## 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=SP0949&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0949&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0949&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Anne CARNEY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-20** Reported by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland for the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 4, section 1804, subsection 3.
- **2024-02-20** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2024-02-20** On motion by Senator Carney of Cumberland REFERRED to the Committee on Judiciary and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2024-02-20** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2024-02-20** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-09** Reports READ
- **2024-04-09** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2024-04-09** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-04-09** Committee Amendment "A" (S-674) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-09** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-674) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-04-09** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2024-04-10** Reports READ.
- **2024-04-10** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2024-04-10** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-10** Committee Amendment "A" (S-674) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-10** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2024-04-10** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-674). `reading-3`
- **2024-04-10** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-04-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+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/b0ffdcde-1c31-45c7-9f48-fd06961a3942`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).