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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act Regarding Qualifications For District Attorneys"
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description: "An Act Regarding Qualifications For District Attorneys"
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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 540"
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citation: "Maine LD 540 (129)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["COUNTY GOVERNMENT", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "QUALIFICATIONS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Joshua MORRIS"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2019-01-31"
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last_action: "2019-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ca23d35-5032-4aa8-9820-a0152ec0f211"
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source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071417"
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source_hash: "bbc7643f070f40d5dc65b6cebcb37526273f45ee9dd6847a1a35743911c9d4b3"
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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 540 (129) — An Act Regarding Qualifications For District Attorneys
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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=HP0397&item=2&snum=129)
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2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0397&item=1&snum=129)
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3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0397&item=4&snum=129)
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4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0397&item=3&snum=129)
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## Sponsors
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- Joshua MORRIS — primary (person)
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- Danny COSTAIN — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
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- Randall HALL — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard MASON — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard PICKETT — cosponsor (person)
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- Victoria MORALES — 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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- **2019-04-18** Reports READ.
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- **2019-04-18** On motion of Representative BAILEY of Saco, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
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- **2019-04-18** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2019-04-18** Committee Amendment "A" (H-98) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
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- **2019-04-18** 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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- **2019-04-18** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-98).
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- **2019-04-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-04-23** Reports Read
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- **2019-04-23** On motion by Senator CARPENTER of Aroostook the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
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- **2019-04-23** READ ONCE `reading-1`
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- **2019-04-23** Committee Amendment "A" (H-98) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
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- **2019-04-23** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-98) in concurrence `reading-2`
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- **2019-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2019-04-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-04-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2019-05-08** 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/9ca23d35-5032-4aa8-9820-a0152ec0f211`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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