republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-1425.md

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Bill	An Act To Strengthen Freedom Of Access Protections By Allowing Remote Meetings To Be Recorded	An Act To Strengthen Freedom Of Access Protections By Allowing Remote Meetings To Be Recorded	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 1425	Maine LD 1425 (131)	bill	FREEDOM OF ACCESS PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS REMOTE MEETINGS	enacted	Chad PERKINS	3	21	0	2023-03-30	2023-06-15	openstates	ocd-bill/a00b90c6-c997-4429-8e0c-6c253210f433	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088231	9cdb09e2ebc42b8b1bb861229f6e5d250aa0cfae9ad040cf9d99a1af339b12b3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1425 (131) — An Act To Strengthen Freedom Of Access Protections By Allowing Remote Meetings To Be Recorded

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

Sponsors

• Chad PERKINS — primary (person)
• Bradlee FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
• David BOYER — cosponsor (person)
• Donald ARDELL — cosponsor (person)
• Michel LAJOIE — cosponsor (person)
• Richard BRADSTREET — cosponsor (person)
• Robert NUTTING — cosponsor (person)
• Tavis HASENFUS — cosponsor (person)
• Tracy QUINT — 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
• 2023-03-30 Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
• 2023-06-01 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2023-06-01 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2023-06-01 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-249). reading-3
• 2023-06-01 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-06 Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
• 2023-06-06 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2023-06-06 Committee Amendment "A" (H-249) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2023-06-06 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-249), in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2023-06-06 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2023-06-08 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2023-06-08 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-12 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2023-06-15 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2023-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a00b90c6-c997-4429-8e0c-6c253210f433. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).