---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, Approving The 2024 Draft And Arrangement Of The Constitution Of Maine Incorporating Amendments Approved At Referendum In 2023 And Providing For Its Publication And Distribution"
description: "Resolve, Approving The 2024 Draft And Arrangement Of The Constitution Of Maine Incorporating Amendments Approved At Referendum In 2023 And Providing For Its Publication And Distribution"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2291"
citation: "Maine LD 2291 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROVAL AND PUBLICATION", "CONSTITUTION RECODIFICATION", "STATUTES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew MOONEN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-04-12"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0bfba2d-97a7-4d28-b8ee-e1bd225b8f74"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280093088"
source_hash: "15ff1c695b6c6f8bff0c197fe777068f870e02b98dfd55fb5baaa87ec293d19f"
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 2291 (131) — Resolve, Approving The 2024 Draft And Arrangement Of The Constitution Of Maine Incorporating Amendments Approved At Referendum In 2023 And Providing For Its Publication And Distribution

## 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=HP1480&item=3&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1480&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1480&item=4&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Matthew MOONEN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-12** Reported by Representative MOONEN for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court pursuant to Resolve 2023, chapter 127.
- **2024-04-12** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2024-04-12** The Resolve was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-12** Under suspension of the rules, the Resolve was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2024-04-12** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-3`
- **2024-04-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-12** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2024-04-12** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-04-12** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-04-15** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2024-04-15** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending FINAL PASSAGE.
- **2024-04-15** Later today assigned.
- **2024-04-17** Speaker laid before the House
- **2024-04-17** Subsequently, on motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, under suspension of the rules, the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-17** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, House Amendment "A" (H-983) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2024-04-17** Subsequently, the Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-983) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-17** In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
- **2024-04-17** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-17** On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc The Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED With PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY House Amendment "A" (H-983) in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2024-04-17** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2024-04-17** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2024-04-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-17** FINALLY PASSED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-04-22** 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/c0bfba2d-97a7-4d28-b8ee-e1bd225b8f74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).