---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Implement The Recommendations Of The Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning Advance Payment Of Costs For Public Records Requests"
description: "An Act To Implement The Recommendations Of The Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning Advance Payment Of Costs For Public Records Requests"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1432"
citation: "Maine LD 1432 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FREEDOM OF ACCESS", "RIGHT TO KNOW LAWS", "PUBLIC ACCESS TO RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MOONEN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-04-13"
last_action: "2017-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/433dc81e-7234-498b-a47d-98458bedab1f"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280064783"
source_hash: "345a22b51deda13b9478b1e71069770353aac9067002f03beccdadd8a541b2fc"
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 1432 (128) — An Act To Implement The Recommendations Of The Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning Advance Payment Of Costs For Public Records Requests

## Version chain

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

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP098601.asp)

## Sponsors

- MOONEN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-13** Representative MOONEN for the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, section 411, subsection 6, paragraph G reports that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY and printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2017-04-13** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-18** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2017-04-18** On motion by Senator Keim of Oxford REFERRED to the Committee on Judiciary and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218, in concurrence. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-30** Reports READ.
- **2017-05-30** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2017-05-30** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2017-05-30** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2017-05-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-31** Reports Read
- **2017-05-31** On motion by Senator KEIM of Oxford the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
- **2017-05-31** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-05-31** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2017-06-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-08** 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/433dc81e-7234-498b-a47d-98458bedab1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).