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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Allow And Recognize A Legal Name Change Upon Marriage"
description: "An Act To Allow And Recognize A Legal Name Change Upon Marriage"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 8"
citation: "Maine LD 8 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROBATE", "PROCEEDINGS", "NAME CHANGE REVISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna BAILEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-02"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90c6f40e-5cae-4f59-b444-c87465c46098"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070628"
source_hash: "dacdfb1c0ef30e538fa01abd7bd71e4af3118b1913a6a595976a2d6612e85850"
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 8 (129) — An Act To Allow And Recognize A Legal Name Change Upon Marriage
## 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=HP0009&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0009&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0009&item=3&snum=129)
## Votes
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **2012** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Donna BAILEY — primary (person)
- Diane DENK — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-02** Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Reports READ.
- **2019-04-18** On motion of Representative BAILEY of Saco, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-18** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-18** Committee Amendment "A" (H-97) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **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.
- **2019-04-18** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-97).
- **2019-04-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-23** Reports Read
- **2019-04-23** On motion by Senator CARPENTER of Aroostook the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
- **2019-04-23** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 52 Yeas 20 - Nays 12 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
- **2019-04-23** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-04-23** Committee Amendment "A" (H-97) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
- **2019-04-23** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-97) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-08** 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/90c6f40e-5cae-4f59-b444-c87465c46098`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).