---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Strengthen Freedom Of Access Protections By Allowing Remote Meetings To Be Recorded"
description: "An Act To Strengthen Freedom Of Access Protections By Allowing Remote Meetings To Be Recorded"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1425"
citation: "Maine LD 1425 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FREEDOM OF ACCESS", "PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS", "REMOTE MEETINGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chad PERKINS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2023-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a00b90c6-c997-4429-8e0c-6c253210f433"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088231"
source_hash: "9cdb09e2ebc42b8b1bb861229f6e5d250aa0cfae9ad040cf9d99a1af339b12b3"
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 1425 (131) — An Act To Strengthen Freedom Of Access Protections By Allowing Remote Meetings To Be Recorded

## 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=HP0921&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0921&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0921&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Chad PERKINS — primary (person)
- Bradlee FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
- David BOYER — cosponsor (person)
- Donald ARDELL — cosponsor (person)
- Michel LAJOIE — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BRADSTREET — cosponsor (person)
- Robert NUTTING — cosponsor (person)
- Tavis HASENFUS — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy QUINT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-30** Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-03-30** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-06-01** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-06-01** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-06-01** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-249). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-06** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2023-06-06** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-06** Committee Amendment "A" (H-249) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-249), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2023-06-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-15** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-05-26T04:00:00+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/a00b90c6-c997-4429-8e0c-6c253210f433`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).