---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Prevent False Reporting Leading To Evacuation, Shutdown Or Lockdown"
description: "An Act To Prevent False Reporting Leading To Evacuation, Shutdown Or Lockdown"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 405"
citation: "Maine LD 405 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOMB THREATS IN SCHOOLS", "CRIMES", "TERRORIZING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne CARNEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62c11ba5-0928-45ec-8b77-f92ff001d396"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085727"
source_hash: "6a3276fca87338e3693be7b19f0d92b173d40f068edb1cff38b2f7ca815aa5da"
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 405 (131) — An Act To Prevent False Reporting Leading To Evacuation, Shutdown Or Lockdown

## 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=SP0186&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0186&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0186&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Anne CARNEY — primary (person)
- Jennifer POIRIER — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
- Kristi MATHIESON — cosponsor (person)
- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew HARRINGTON — cosponsor (person)
- Peter LYFORD — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel ZAGER — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria DOUDERA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-02-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-06-08** Reports READ
- **2023-06-08** On motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-06-08** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-08** Committee Amendment "A" (S-220) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-08** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-220) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** Sent down for concurrence
- **2023-06-12** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-12** On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-12** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-220) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-12** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-12** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-220). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-13** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2023-07-25** On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2023-07-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-07-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-08T04:00:00+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/62c11ba5-0928-45ec-8b77-f92ff001d396`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).