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Bill	An Act To Protect The Public From Clergy Sexual Abuse	An Act To Protect The Public From Clergy Sexual Abuse	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 913	Maine LD 913 (129)	bill	CRIMES SEX OFFENSES CONTACT BETWEEN CLERGY AND CONGREGA	enacted	Susan DESCHAMBAULT	3	18	0	2019-02-19	2019-06-27	openstates	ocd-bill/178a2f58-7019-45b4-bf93-72aaa00195e5	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071954	f32f508c964b922985b40c3b764a5606da2664b64f40005dac5804e644ff3b98	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 913 (129) — An Act To Protect The Public From Clergy Sexual Abuse

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

• Susan DESCHAMBAULT — primary (person)
• Arthur VEROW — cosponsor (person)
• Colleen MADIGAN — cosponsor (person)
• James DILL — cosponsor (person)
• Justin CHENETTE — cosponsor (person)
• Lois RECKITT — cosponsor (person)
• Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
• Michael CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
• Ned CLAXTON — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick COREY — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-19 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
• 2019-02-19 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. referral-committee
• 2019-02-19 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-05-21 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2019-05-21 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2019-05-21 Committee Amendment "A" (S-117) READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2019-05-21 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-117). reading-2
• 2019-05-21 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2019-05-23 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2019-05-23 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2019-05-23 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-117).
• 2019-05-23 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-05-28 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2019-05-28 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-05-29 On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
• 2019-06-18 On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
• 2019-06-18 Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence passage
• 2019-06-27 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/178a2f58-7019-45b4-bf93-72aaa00195e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).