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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Provide Architects, Engineers And Certain Other Professionals Immunity From Civil Liability When Volunteering For Evaluating Damage From Disasters"
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description: "An Act To Provide Architects, Engineers And Certain Other Professionals Immunity From Civil Liability When Volunteering For Evaluating Damage From Disasters"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "129"
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identifier: "LD 506"
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citation: "Maine LD 506 (129)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["TORTS", "LIABILITY", "DISASTERS", "ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Deane RYKERSON"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-01-31"
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last_action: "2019-04-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c70232d4-8d39-4e05-b8f2-9a8b0b016902"
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source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071364"
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source_hash: "7eaa60b6ed9efce4a9df946b418649ee1c6dffe5ff48be4c5ba2db8acd7feb94"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
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---
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# Maine LD 506 (129) — An Act To Provide Architects, Engineers And Certain Other Professionals Immunity From Civil Liability When Volunteering For Evaluating Damage From Disasters
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0363&item=2&snum=129)
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2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0363&item=1&snum=129)
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3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0363&item=3&snum=129)
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## Votes
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- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **20–14** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Deane RYKERSON — primary (person)
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- Brian HUBBELL — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher BABBIDGE — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher CAIAZZO — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher KESSLER — cosponsor (person)
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- Donna DOORE — cosponsor (person)
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- Erik JORGENSEN — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
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- Thom HARNETT — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-31** Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
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- **2019-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-31** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-26** Reports READ.
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- **2019-03-26** On motion of Representative BAILEY of Saco, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
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- **2019-03-26** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-26** Committee Amendment "A" (H-34) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
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- **2019-03-26** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
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- **2019-03-26** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-34).
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- **2019-03-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-03-28** Reports Read
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- **2019-03-28** On motion by Senator CARPENTER of Aroostook the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
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- **2019-03-28** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 31 Yeas 20 - Nays 14 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
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- **2019-03-28** READ ONCE `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-34) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
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- **2019-03-28** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
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- **2019-04-02** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
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- **2019-04-02** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-34), in concurrence. `reading-2`
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- **2019-04-02** Ordered sent down forthwith.
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- **2019-04-04** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2019-04-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2019-04-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c70232d4-8d39-4e05-b8f2-9a8b0b016902`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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