republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/129/ld-779.md

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Bill	An Act To Improve The Definition Of "Strangulation" In The Aggravated Assault Laws	An Act To Improve The Definition Of "Strangulation" In The Aggravated Assault Laws	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 779	Maine LD 779 (129)	bill	CRIMES ASSAULT STRANGULATION	enacted	Ned CLAXTON	3	16	0	2019-02-12	2019-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/0b804de6-bfa7-4ab8-a50a-210d8adf2097	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071735	556567520660179dde94ea661603690b7dd12d58f7bf46a8b513e0ca59f5f4ce	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 779 (129) — An Act To Improve The Definition Of "Strangulation" In The Aggravated Assault Laws

Version chain

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

1. Adopted Amendments (committee substitute) — source
2. Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Ned CLAXTON — primary (person)
• Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
• Rebecca MILLETT — cosponsor (person)
• Susan DESCHAMBAULT — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-12 Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2019-02-12 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. referral-committee
• 2019-02-12 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-04-23 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2019-04-23 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2019-04-23 Committee Amendment "A" (S-47) READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2019-04-23 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-47). reading-2
• 2019-04-23 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2019-04-25 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2019-04-25 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2019-04-25 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-47).
• 2019-04-25 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-04-30 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2019-04-30 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-05-02 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-05-08 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b804de6-bfa7-4ab8-a50a-210d8adf2097. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).