republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/130/ld-32.md

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Bill	An Act Regarding Remote Participation In Public Proceedings	An Act Regarding Remote Participation In Public Proceedings	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	130	LD 32	Maine LD 32 (130)	bill	FREEDOM OF ACCESS PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS REMOTE ACCESS	enacted	Harold STEWART	4	32	1	2021-01-11	2021-06-21	openstates	ocd-bill/7e3ee502-7de7-4c7e-a896-1cef5f32765c	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280077964	ec9028cf9fdae616c3bb2d8a01a4a46f11033b6a06a16470164b1f764827bf53	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 32 (130) — An Act Regarding Remote Participation In Public Proceedings

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• ACCEPT REPORT — 32–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Harold STEWART — primary (person)
• Ned CLAXTON — cosponsor (person)
• Roland MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
• Thom HARNETT — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-11 Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 11, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 receipt, referral-committee
• 2021-03-30 CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
• 2021-06-15 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2021-06-15 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2021-06-15 Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2021-06-15 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-301). reading-2, reading-3
• 2021-06-15 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2021-06-15 Report READ and ACCEPTED
• 2021-06-15 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 379 Yeas 32 - Nays 2 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
• 2021-06-15 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2021-06-15 Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) READ
• 2021-06-15 On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland Senate Amendment "A" (S-308) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-15 Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-308) thereto ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-15 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-308) thereto reading-2, reading-3
• 2021-06-15 Sent down for concurrence
• 2021-06-16 Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2021-06-16 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2021-06-16 Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) was READ.
• 2021-06-16 Senate Amendment "A" (S-308) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2021-06-16 Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-308) thereto ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-16 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2021-06-16 PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-308) thereto. reading-3
• 2021-06-16 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2021-06-17 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
• 2021-06-17 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2021-06-17 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2021-06-17 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. passage
• 2021-06-21 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-05T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2021-05-27T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2021-05-27T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7e3ee502-7de7-4c7e-a896-1cef5f32765c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).