---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Extend From 6 Months To One Year The Notice Period Required Under The Maine Tort Claims Act"
description: "An Act To Extend From 6 Months To One Year The Notice Period Required Under The Maine Tort Claims Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 492"
citation: "Maine LD 492 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TORTS", "TORT CLAIMS ACT", "NOTICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nathan LIBBY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fc2f78e-8dfc-4643-8ca1-397fa0fd2cc0"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071331"
source_hash: "24474b0cf8d07b48a2f42aad9876633af9447a0e037bc0a505ffc84879aff818"
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 492 (129) — An Act To Extend From 6 Months To One Year The Notice Period Required Under The Maine Tort Claims Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0157&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0157&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0157&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **21–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nathan LIBBY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-23** Reports Read
- **2019-05-23** On motion by Senator CARPENTER of Aroostook the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-23** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 127 Yeas 21 - Nays 14 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2019-05-23** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-05-23** Committee Amendment "A" (S-135) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-05-23** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-135) `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-05-28** Reports READ.
- **2019-05-28** On motion of Representative BAILEY of Saco, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-28** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-28** Committee Amendment "A" (S-135) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-28** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-05-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-135).
- **2019-05-28** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-29** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-06** 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/1fc2f78e-8dfc-4643-8ca1-397fa0fd2cc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).