republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/130/ld-1900.md

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Bill	An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Name Changes	An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Name Changes	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	130	LD 1900	Maine LD 1900 (130)	bill	NAME CHANGES PROBATE PROCEEDINGS	enacted	Erin SHEEHAN	3	26	2	2022-01-05	2022-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/1315aaff-7e35-490d-81be-bc181129be91	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082335	258ebb1d2bce86726c8e5cb06eea0010194e114ac2c0517a445613cab028c063	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1900 (130) — An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Name Changes

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

Votes

• ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — 19–13 (pass) · upper
• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 78–56 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Erin SHEEHAN — primary (person)
• Barbara WOOD — cosponsor (person)
• Laurie OSHER — cosponsor (person)
• Lois RECKITT — cosponsor (person)
• Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
• Tiffany ROBERTS — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-05 Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
• 2022-01-05 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. referral-committee
• 2022-01-05 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2022-01-05 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence referral-committee
• 2022-03-22 Reports READ.
• 2022-03-22 On motion of Representative HARNETT of Gardiner, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2022-03-22 ROLL CALL NO. 472
• 2022-03-22 (Yeas 78 - Nays 56 - Absent 14 - Excused 0 - Vacant 3)
• 2022-03-22 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2022-03-22 Committee Amendment "A" (H-807) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2022-03-22 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2022-03-22 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-807). reading-3
• 2022-03-22 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2022-03-24 Reports Read
• 2022-03-24 On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
• 2022-03-24 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 632 Yeas 19 - Nays 13 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
• 2022-03-24 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2022-03-24 Committee Amendment "A" (H-807) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-24 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-807) in concurrence reading-2, reading-3
• 2022-03-29 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2022-03-29 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2022-03-31 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2022-04-04 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1315aaff-7e35-490d-81be-bc181129be91. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).