---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Allow County And Regional Communications Centers To Request Polygraph Examinations For Employees And Applicants For Employment"
description: "An Act To Allow County And Regional Communications Centers To Request Polygraph Examinations For Employees And Applicants For Employment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 2024"
citation: "Maine LD 2024 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CENTER EMPLOYEE POLYGRAPHS", "COMMUNICATIONS", "PUBLIC SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel TALBOT ROSS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-03-15"
last_action: "2022-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b62e9630-bd5e-4729-a369-86a8f9a102c4"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280083255"
source_hash: "0f510fdaf21f6a10cdcaeda89416ffb900b859f68a6aed2926eb198b5c71b55b"
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 2024 (130) — An Act To Allow County And Regional Communications Centers To Request Polygraph Examinations For Employees And Applicants For Employment

## 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=HP1504&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1504&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1504&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)
- Bill DIAMOND — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica FAY — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick COREY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-15** Received by the Clerk of the House on March 15, 2022. `receipt`
- **2022-03-15** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2022-03-29** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2022-03-29** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-843). `reading-3`
- **2022-03-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-31** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2022-03-31** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-31** Committee Amendment "A" (H-843) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-03-31** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-843), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-31** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2022-03-31** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2022-03-31** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b62e9630-bd5e-4729-a369-86a8f9a102c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).