---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Increase Support For Statewide Emergency Broadcast Messaging"
description: "An Act To Increase Support For Statewide Emergency Broadcast Messaging"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 692"
citation: "Maine LD 692 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CULTURAL AGENCIES", "FUNDING", "PUBLIC BROADCASTING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Teresa PIERCE"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a9e5775-8828-4716-b280-972bc1b37949"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096661"
source_hash: "5a94dade0f4891d734c4ace36b7665053ef5c4e7c1017301fb21d1d451289b54"
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 692 (132) — An Act To Increase Support For Statewide Emergency Broadcast Messaging

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-107)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0309&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment S-A (S-458)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0309&item=4&snum=132)
3. **Chapter 459** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0309&item=6&snum=132)
4. **LD 692 SP 309** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0309&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Teresa PIERCE — primary (person)
- James LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
- Jill DUSON — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
- Kristen CLOUTIER — cosponsor (person)
- Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 20, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-05-20** Reports READ
- **2025-05-20** On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2025-05-20** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-05-20** Committee Amendment "A" (S-107) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-107) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-05-22** Reports READ.
- **2025-05-22** On motion of Representative MURPHY of Scarborough, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-22** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-22** Committee Amendment "A" (S-107) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-22** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-05-22** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-107). `reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-27** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence.
- **2025-06-25** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
- **2025-06-25** On motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-458) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-107) and Senate Amendment "A" (S-458) In NON-CONCURRENCE. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-25** Sent down for concurrence
- **2025-06-25** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-107) and Senate Amendment "A" (S-458) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-25** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-07-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a9e5775-8828-4716-b280-972bc1b37949`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).