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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Remove The Age-Related Statutory Prerequisite For Sealing Criminal History Record Information"
description: "An Act To Remove The Age-Related Statutory Prerequisite For Sealing Criminal History Record Information"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2218"
citation: "Maine LD 2218 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL HISTORIES", "CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS", "SEALING CRITERIA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew MOONEN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-20"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66379916-b730-48ce-987c-1edfbcfa1515"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280092051"
source_hash: "64147341b15e33ef96bb2866d3bc67a29072329b574da2f5f023fa5fd9217adf"
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 2218 (131) — An Act To Remove The Age-Related Statutory Prerequisite For Sealing Criminal History Record Information
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1423&item=1&snum=131)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1423&item=3&snum=131)
## Votes
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS REPORT — **259** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP — **8759** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Matthew MOONEN — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-20** Representative MOONEN for the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary pursuant to Resolve 2023, chapter 103, section 7 reports that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY and printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2024-02-20** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-02-20** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2024-02-20** On motion by Senator Carney of Cumberland REFERRED to the Committee on Judiciary and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218, in concurrence. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11** Reports READ.
- **2024-04-11** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2024-04-11** ROLL CALL NO. 507
- **2024-04-11** (Yeas 87 - Nays 59 - Absent 4 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2024-04-11** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-11** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2024-04-11** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-04-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-12** Reports READ
- **2024-04-12** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED
- **2024-04-12** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 706 Yeas 25 - Nays 9 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2024-04-12** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-04-12** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-04-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP/ONTP
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66379916-b730-48ce-987c-1edfbcfa1515`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).