---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Permit Sealing Criminal History Record Information Of Victims Of Sex Trafficking Or Sexual Exploitation"
description: "An Act To Permit Sealing Criminal History Record Information Of Victims Of Sex Trafficking Or Sexual Exploitation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1871"
citation: "Maine LD 1871 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL HISTORIES", "CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS", "SEALING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel TALBOT ROSS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-01"
last_action: "2026-01-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2154fdb-f9fb-44de-957a-f7f2540bc23f"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280099008"
source_hash: "878d7450892b329fe0c87a952c6ce7bbe37adf8eef14ef8d48bdac8fd67427f8"
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 1871 (132) — An Act To Permit Sealing Criminal History Record Information Of Victims Of Sex Trafficking Or Sexual Exploitation

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-408)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0741&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 513** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0741&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1871 SP 741** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0741&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **22–12** (pass) · upper
- Enactment — **89–58** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)
- Adam LEE — cosponsor (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- David BOYER — cosponsor (person)
- David SINCLAIR — cosponsor (person)
- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Eleanor SATO — cosponsor (person)
- Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
- Kristi MATHIESON — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on May 1, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** Reports Read
- **2025-06-16** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
- **2025-06-16** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 560 Yeas 22 - Nays 12 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-16** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-408) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-16** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-408) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-16** Sent down for concurrence
- **2025-06-16** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-16** On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-16** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-408) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-16** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-16** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-408). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-17** ROLL CALL NO. 542
- **2025-06-17** (Yeas 89 - Nays 58 - Absent 2 - Excused 2)
- **2025-06-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-07-08** HELD BY THE GOVERNOR.
- **2026-01-11** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-06-13T04:00:00+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/c2154fdb-f9fb-44de-957a-f7f2540bc23f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).