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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Extend The Availability Of Protection From Abuse And Protection From Harassment Orders"
description: "An Act To Extend The Availability Of Protection From Abuse And Protection From Harassment Orders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 496"
citation: "Maine LD 496 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABUSE", "PROTECTION ACTIONS", "REVISIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stacey GUERIN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b702a3e-2a06-4929-b614-b6c120ba75a3"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071335"
source_hash: "c5b25ce2970f299f4554066ad60c95481023abfb66186474a01a1a915d20be40"
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 496 (129) — An Act To Extend The Availability Of Protection From Abuse And Protection From Harassment Orders
## 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=SP0161&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0161&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0161&item=3&snum=129)
## Sponsors
- Stacey GUERIN — primary (person)
- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Geoffrey GRATWICK — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa KEIM — cosponsor (person)
- Lois RECKITT — cosponsor (person)
- Michael CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
- Shenna BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-31** Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-13** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-13** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-282) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-282). `reading-2`
- **2019-06-13** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2019-06-13** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-13** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-282).
- **2019-06-13** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b702a3e-2a06-4929-b614-b6c120ba75a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).