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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Clarify The Timing Of An Appeal Of A Finding Regarding Involuntary Mental Health Treatment At A Designated Nonstate Mental Health Institution"
description: "An Act To Clarify The Timing Of An Appeal Of A Finding Regarding Involuntary Mental Health Treatment At A Designated Nonstate Mental Health Institution"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 38"
citation: "Maine LD 38 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL COMMITMENT", "MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES", "PROCEDURES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ned CLAXTON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5657901e-149c-47c0-8fd2-5a37b2bdad99"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280077971"
source_hash: "cb3090892b8d2061d793ef3ed62da1650b5a5db72973ec17312e7b8972b88ae5"
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 38 (130) — An Act To Clarify The Timing Of An Appeal Of A Finding Regarding Involuntary Mental Health Treatment At A Designated Nonstate Mental Health Institution
## 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=SP0046&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0046&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0046&item=3&snum=130)
## Sponsors
- Ned CLAXTON — primary (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 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 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.
- **2021-06-03** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-03** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-03** Committee Amendment "A" (S-149) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-03** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-149). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2021-06-03** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-06-03** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-06-03** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-149). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-03** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-11** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5657901e-149c-47c0-8fd2-5a37b2bdad99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).