republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-1435.md

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Bill	An Act To Reduce Commercial Sexual Exploitation	An Act To Reduce Commercial Sexual Exploitation	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 1435	Maine LD 1435 (131)	bill	CRIMES PROSTITUTION REDUCED	enacted	Lois RECKITT	4	39	4	2023-03-30	2023-06-26	openstates	ocd-bill/dd396124-0605-4b8f-983c-5db787cf7705	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088240	e18b4e17a9a79f31e32c5798bd5d9cd7edd8b4f154ddde7c1bc1c1bc9908e443	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1435 (131) — An Act To Reduce Commercial Sexual Exploitation

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
4. Status In Committee (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — 23–12 (pass) · upper
• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 86–57 (pass) · lower
• ADOPT SENATE AMENDMENT (S-207) to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT — 11–24 (fail) · upper
• ENACTMENT — 24–11 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lois RECKITT — primary (person)
• Grayson LOOKNER — cosponsor (person)
• Holly SARGENT — cosponsor (person)
• Janice DODGE — cosponsor (person)
• Laura SUPICA — cosponsor (person)
• Lori GRAMLICH — cosponsor (person)
• Lynn COPELAND — cosponsor (person)
• Maureen TERRY — cosponsor (person)
• Samuel ZAGER — 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.
• 2023-05-23 Reports READ.
• 2023-05-23 On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.
• 2023-05-23 Later today assigned.
• 2023-05-30 Speaker laid before the House
• 2023-05-30 On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2023-05-30 ROLL CALL NO. 103
• 2023-05-30 (Yeas 86 - Nays 57 - Absent 7 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
• 2023-05-30 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2023-05-30 Committee Amendment "A" (H-194) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2023-05-30 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2023-05-30 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-194). reading-3
• 2023-05-30 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-01 Reports READ
• 2023-06-01 Senator CARNEY of Cumberland moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report in Concurrence.
• 2023-06-01 On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report in Concurrence.
• 2023-06-07 Taken from the table by the President
• 2023-06-07 Subsequently On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
• 2023-06-07 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 231 Yeas 23 - Nays 12 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
• 2023-06-07 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2023-06-07 Committee Amendment "A" (H-194) READ
• 2023-06-07 On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook Senate Amendment "A" (S-207) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-194) READ
• 2023-06-07 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 232 Yeas 11 - Nays 24 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 FAILED
• 2023-06-07 Committee Amendment "A" (H-194) ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-07 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-194) 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 On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
• 2023-06-15 On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
• 2023-06-15 Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence passage
• 2023-06-15 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 353 Yeas 24 - Nays 11 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
• 2023-06-26 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
• 2023-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dd396124-0605-4b8f-983c-5db787cf7705. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).