---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Improve Consistency Within The Maine Human Rights Act"
description: "An Act To Improve Consistency Within The Maine Human Rights Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1688"
citation: "Maine LD 1688 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISCRIMINATION", "HUMAN RIGHTS", "PROVISIONS REVISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig HICKMAN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-05-04"
last_action: "2021-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68188c59-3754-4ef9-b231-e3e653455b8e"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280080773"
source_hash: "e6eed78b4dea865751b3d4efa0b8616e6130a1bceb30712a0511ae08c4514342"
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 1688 (130) — An Act To Improve Consistency Within The Maine Human Rights Act

## 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=SP0544&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0544&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0544&item=3&snum=130)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **22–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Craig HICKMAN — primary (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Heather SANBORN — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle DUNPHY — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
- Thom HARNETT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on May 4, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** Reports READ
- **2021-06-16** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland theMajority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2021-06-16** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 403 Yeas 22 - Nays 13 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2021-06-16** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-323) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-16** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-323) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-16** Sent down for concurrence
- **2021-06-17** Reports READ.
- **2021-06-17** On motion of Representative HARNETT of Gardiner, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-17** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-323) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-17** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-323). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-17** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-24** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+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/68188c59-3754-4ef9-b231-e3e653455b8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).