---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Allow Christine Pratt To Be Buried At The Southern Maine Veterans Cemetery"
description: "An Act To Allow Christine Pratt To Be Buried At The Southern Maine Veterans Cemetery"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 619"
citation: "Maine LD 619 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCESS", "CEMETERIES", "CHRISTINE PRATT SO ME VET CEMETERY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John TUTTLE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2022-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16fc5bee-1efe-4112-bc6b-54b93886ce87"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079037"
source_hash: "9735c2747b95259f8428ca9f0f73d0b3712390f14b51e6e6f897c5a1543976c6"
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 619 (130) — An Act To Allow Christine Pratt To Be Buried At The Southern Maine Veterans Cemetery

## 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=HP0455&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0455&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0455&item=3&snum=130)

## Votes

- Enactment - Emer — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- ENACT-EMER 2/3 ELECT — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John TUTTLE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** Received by the Clerk of the House on February 25, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-02-25** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-07-19** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1302.
- **2022-04-05** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2022-04-05** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2022-04-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-921). `reading-3`
- **2022-04-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-07** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2022-04-07** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-04-07** Committee Amendment "A" (H-921) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-04-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-921), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2022-04-07** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2022-04-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-04-07** ROLL CALL NO. 535
- **2022-04-07** (Yeas 111 - Nays 0 - Absent 36 - Excused 0 - Vacant 4)
- **2022-04-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 723 Yeas 29 - Nays 0 - Excused 5 - Absent 0
- **2022-04-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2021-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Requested
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2022-04-04T04:00:00+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/16fc5bee-1efe-4112-bc6b-54b93886ce87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).