---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding The Disposal Of Abandoned Human Remains"
description: "An Act Regarding The Disposal Of Abandoned Human Remains"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 250"
citation: "Maine LD 250 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH", "DISPOSITION OF REMAINS", "UNIDENTIFIED REMAINS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne CARNEY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a2393f5-2b63-47f3-9044-94263ca9bf44"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095887"
source_hash: "a3661cb23ee032dc8b25c44a711a4899bc5b1d5892a9e0d4e7762202c080bb18"
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 250 (132) — An Act Regarding The Disposal Of Abandoned Human Remains

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter 14** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0117&item=3&snum=132)
2. **LD 250 SP 117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0117&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Anne CARNEY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-01-21** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-03-20** Reports READ
- **2025-03-20** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED
- **2025-03-20** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-03-20** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-03-20** Reports READ.
- **2025-03-20** On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-03-20** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-20** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-03-20** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-3`
- **2025-03-20** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-03-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-03-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a2393f5-2b63-47f3-9044-94263ca9bf44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).