republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/128/ld-1716.md

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Bill	An Act To Protect Persons Who Provide Assistance To Law Enforcement Dogs, Search And Rescue Dogs And Service Dogs	An Act To Protect Persons Who Provide Assistance To Law Enforcement Dogs, Search And Rescue Dogs And Service Dogs	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	128	LD 1716	Maine LD 1716 (128)	bill	EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AMBULANCE SERVICES TREATMENT OF WORKING AND SERVICE AN	enacted	FAY	1	24	0	2017-12-22	2018-03-16	openstates	ocd-bill/dad39d7b-6bec-4697-9e67-95ba834bdc3b	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280067222	f9c69fd3410fd53eccb6fc4158b134c99f4b47a4e3d2b5ad543859512500e34d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1716 (128) — An Act To Protect Persons Who Provide Assistance To Law Enforcement Dogs, Search And Rescue Dogs And Service Dogs

Version chain

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

1. Initial Version (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• FAY — primary (person)
• BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
• BATTLE — cosponsor (person)
• COREY — cosponsor (person)
• DIAMOND — cosponsor (person)
• ESPLING — cosponsor (person)
• HARRINGTON — cosponsor (person)
• MASTRACCIO — cosponsor (person)
• PERRY — cosponsor (person)
• TUELL — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-12-22 Received by the Clerk of the House on December 19, 2017.
• 2017-12-22 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. referral-committee
• 2018-02-06 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2018-02-06 On OBJECTION of Representative HERBIG of Belfast REMOVED.
• 2018-02-06 The Committee Report was READ.
• 2018-02-06 On motion of Representative HERBIG of Belfast, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of the Committee Report.
• 2018-02-06 Later today assigned.
• 2018-02-27 Speaker laid before the House
• 2018-02-27 Subsequently, the Committee Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2018-02-27 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2018-02-27 Committee Amendment "A" (H-579) was READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2018-02-27 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2018-02-27 On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, House Amendment "A" (H-612) was READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2018-02-27 Subsequently, the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-579) and House Amendment "A" (H-612).
• 2018-02-27 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-03-01 Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
• 2018-03-01 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2018-03-01 Committee Amendment "A" (H-579) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
• 2018-03-01 House Amendment "A" (H-612) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
• 2018-03-01 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-579) and House Amendment "A" (H-612) in concurrence reading-2
• 2018-03-06 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2018-03-06 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-03-15 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2018-03-16 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dad39d7b-6bec-4697-9e67-95ba834bdc3b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).