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Bill	An Act To Increase The Limits On Awards For Compensatory And Punitive Damages Under The Maine Human Rights Act	An Act To Increase The Limits On Awards For Compensatory And Punitive Damages Under The Maine Human Rights Act	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 1423	Maine LD 1423 (131)	bill	AWARDS CLAIMS HUMAN RIGHTS	enacted	Rachel TALBOT ROSS	2	25	1	2023-03-30	2023-06-22	openstates	ocd-bill/0a0f6e1a-096d-4f3e-9d96-57e05a3e4b89	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088226	cbd10a7c2e8b3186c3b476ae6c272d5e259e59265ea7501cc4b30bc7dc685f06	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1423 (131) — An Act To Increase The Limits On Awards For Compensatory And Punitive Damages Under The Maine Human Rights Act

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

Votes

• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS RPT — 20–13 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)
• Amy ROEDER — cosponsor (person)
• Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
• Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
• Erin SHEEHAN — cosponsor (person)
• Jill DUSON — cosponsor (person)
• Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
• Michael TIPPING — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-30 Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
• 2023-03-30 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. referral-committee
• 2023-03-30 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-03-30 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence referral-committee
• 2023-05-23 Reports READ.
• 2023-05-23 On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.
• 2023-05-23 Later today assigned.
• 2023-06-07 Speaker laid before the House
• 2023-06-07 Subsequently, on motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2023-06-07 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2023-06-07 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2023-06-07 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. reading-3
• 2023-06-07 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-07 Reports Read
• 2023-06-07 On motion by Senator BAILEY of York the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
• 2023-06-07 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 242 Yeas 20 - Nays 13 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
• 2023-06-07 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2023-06-07 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence reading-2, reading-3
• 2023-06-12 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2023-06-12 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-12 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2023-06-22 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0a0f6e1a-096d-4f3e-9d96-57e05a3e4b89. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).