---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Eliminate The Requirement That Municipalities Retain Paper Copies Of Certain Vital Statistics Records"
description: "An Act To Eliminate The Requirement That Municipalities Retain Paper Copies Of Certain Vital Statistics Records"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 2040"
citation: "Maine LD 2040 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["VITAL STATISTICS", "DATA RECORDS", "ELECTRONIC STORAGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna BAILEY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f047c1f-a078-48e2-b51b-4cff6e989848"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280075993"
source_hash: "e59b7e2c9ffeb34d094e5ee9d07dd5787a8609e78f089cb75793aab5063f7f33"
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 2040 (129) — An Act To Eliminate The Requirement That Municipalities Retain Paper Copies Of Certain Vital Statistics Records

## Version chain

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

1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1451&item=1&snum=129)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1451&item=2&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Donna BAILEY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-21** Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES suggested and ordered printed.
- **2020-01-21** On motion of Representative HYMANSON of York, the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-01-21** On motion by Senator Carpenter of Aroostook, REFERRED to the Committee on Judiciary, in concurrence. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2020-02-25** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2020-02-25** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2020-02-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-02-27** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2020-02-27** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2020-03-03** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2020-03-03** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** Ordered sent down forthwith
- **2020-03-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-03-17** 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/7f047c1f-a078-48e2-b51b-4cff6e989848`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).