---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide A Court Authority To Issue Proximity Restrictions In Protection From Abuse Orders"
description: "An Act To Provide A Court Authority To Issue Proximity Restrictions In Protection From Abuse Orders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 586"
citation: "Maine LD 586 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABUSE", "PROTECTION ACTIONS", "PROXIMITY RESTRICTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph RAFFERTY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0f8f582-557a-4abb-8af3-4c6231936d41"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096595"
source_hash: "45dd2f8f252f2ace2d62c9ccd81255ffd3d183ff57bb84575c3c1b79a9e3f76d"
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 586 (132) — An Act To Provide A Court Authority To Issue Proximity Restrictions In Protection From Abuse Orders

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter 22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0269&item=2&snum=132)
2. **LD 586 SP 269** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0269&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Joseph RAFFERTY — primary (person)
- Amy KUHN — cosponsor (person)
- Christina MITCHELL — cosponsor (person)
- Janice DODGE — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly MURPHY — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne SALISBURY — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 19, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-03-27** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-03-27** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-03-27** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-04-01** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-04-01** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-04-01** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-01** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP
- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0f8f582-557a-4abb-8af3-4c6231936d41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).