republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/128/ld-518.md

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Bill	An Act To Amend The Laws Governing The Burial Or Cremation Of Certain Persons	An Act To Amend The Laws Governing The Burial Or Cremation Of Certain Persons	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	128	LD 518	Maine LD 518 (128)	bill	DEATH DEAD BODIES BURIAL COSTS	enacted	BRAKEY	1	20	0	2017-02-14	2017-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/1413e16d-356c-4ec4-90a9-5b8d58d6fa0e	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063231	5e7922afa3fef48369e92012fe50f79c1072ae2584d57b4d43ff297023b4c213	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 518 (128) — An Act To Amend The Laws Governing The Burial Or Cremation Of Certain Persons

Version chain

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

1. Initial Version (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• BRAKEY — primary (person)
• LIBBY — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-14 Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES suggested and ordered printed
• 2017-02-14 REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
• 2017-02-14 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2017-02-14 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-04-27 Report READ and ACCEPTED
• 2017-04-27 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2017-04-27 Committee Amendment "A" (S-45) READ and ADOPTED
• 2017-04-27 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2017-05-02 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2017-05-02 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-45) reading-2
• 2017-05-02 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2017-05-04 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2017-05-04 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2017-05-04 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-45).
• 2017-05-04 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-05-09 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2017-05-09 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-05-11 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2017-05-12 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1413e16d-356c-4ec4-90a9-5b8d58d6fa0e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).