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Bill	An Act To Clarify Maine'S Protection From Abuse Statutes	An Act To Clarify Maine'S Protection From Abuse Statutes	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 978	Maine LD 978 (129)	bill	ABUSE PROTECTION ACTIONS SOCIAL MEDIA	enacted	Donna BAILEY	2	18	0	2019-02-26	2019-05-30	openstates	ocd-bill/c37ac59a-132e-46d0-a7af-04b96e266735	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072074	8a5360290ddb95a2a38221dd1ccf232c364b598e6cc3fce8bdfbd151190bf022	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 978 (129) — An Act To Clarify Maine'S Protection From Abuse Statutes

Version chain

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

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

Sponsors

• Donna BAILEY — primary (person)
• Barbara CARDONE — cosponsor (person)
• Lois RECKITT — cosponsor (person)
• Thom HARNETT — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-26 Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
• 2019-02-26 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. referral-committee
• 2019-02-26 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-02-26 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence referral-committee
• 2019-05-14 Reports READ.
• 2019-05-14 On motion of Representative BAILEY of Saco, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2019-05-14 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2019-05-14 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2019-05-14 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
• 2019-05-14 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-05-16 Reports Read
• 2019-05-16 On motion by Senator CARPENTER of Aroostook the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED.
• 2019-05-16 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2019-05-16 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence reading-2
• 2019-05-21 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2019-05-21 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-05-23 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-05-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c37ac59a-132e-46d0-a7af-04b96e266735. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).