---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Eliminate The Requirement For Municipalities To Provide Public Notice In A Newspaper"
description: "An Act To Eliminate The Requirement For Municipalities To Provide Public Notice In A Newspaper"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 2042"
citation: "Maine LD 2042 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCESS TO INFORMATION", "NOTICE", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russell BLACK"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-09"
last_action: "2026-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4031eb5-9f90-444e-92d7-ef98afc1c939"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280100919"
source_hash: "43101c9e61522ba14ea812c8e91963c9d7f8bed9e1a97b040c60d02a251bbaf5"
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 2042 (132) — An Act To Eliminate The Requirement For Municipalities To Provide Public Notice In A Newspaper

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-573)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0831&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 613** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0831&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 2042 SP 831** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0831&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Russell BLACK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 9, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-24** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-24** Committee Amendment "A" (S-573) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-24** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-573). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2026-03-24** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2026-03-25** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2026-03-25** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2026-03-25** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-573). `reading-3`
- **2026-03-25** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-03-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-04-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+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/b4031eb5-9f90-444e-92d7-ef98afc1c939`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).