republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-1576.md

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Bill	An Act To Update The Laws Governing Electronic Device Information As Evidence	An Act To Update The Laws Governing Electronic Device Information As Evidence	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 1576	Maine LD 1576 (131)	bill	3RD-PARTY DOCTRINE CIVIL PROCEDURE EVIDENCE	enacted		3	33	0	2023-04-11	2024-02-15	openstates	ocd-bill/513d9ddc-736a-424e-a4d9-ca5f6e1057b1	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088557	05cc982593ccbf86528cb4bcda0222ddc667598372bc4e4d2b1d3091f7928ea4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1576 (131) — An Act To Update The Laws Governing Electronic Device Information As Evidence

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

• Adam LEE — cosponsor (person)
• Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
• David BOYER — cosponsor (person)
• Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
• John ANDREWS — cosponsor (person)
• Marc MALON — cosponsor (person)
• Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
• Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
• Stacey GUERIN — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-11 Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
• 2023-04-11 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. referral-committee
• 2023-04-11 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-04-12 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence referral-committee
• 2023-07-26 Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847.
• 2024-01-30 Reports READ.
• 2024-01-30 On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2024-01-30 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2024-01-30 Committee Amendment "A" (H-732) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2024-01-30 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2024-01-30 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-732). reading-3
• 2024-01-30 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2024-02-01 Reports READ
• 2024-02-01 On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
• 2024-02-01 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2024-02-01 Committee Amendment "A" (H-732) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-01 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2024-02-06 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2024-02-06 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-732), in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2024-02-06 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2024-02-08 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2024-02-08 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2024-02-13 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2024-02-15 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Requested
• 2023-07-25T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Approved
• 2023-09-25T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2023-11-29T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2023-11-29T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2024-01-11T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2024-01-11T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2024-01-26T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/513d9ddc-736a-424e-a4d9-ca5f6e1057b1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).