republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-2259.md

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Bill	An Act To Prohibit Receiving Compensation For Assisting A Person To Obtain Veterans' Benefits Except As Permitted Under Federal Law	An Act To Prohibit Receiving Compensation For Assisting A Person To Obtain Veterans' Benefits Except As Permitted Under Federal Law	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 2259	Maine LD 2259 (131)	bill	BENEFITS COMPENSATION FOR AID VETERANS	enacted	Bradlee FARRIN	3	19	0	2024-03-07	2024-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/39141975-f384-4ad8-b32c-f1927f7567d4	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280092402	1bf9400bdfb8e4671a3f4f34d203e2695ba41186e07178ac3403811ae153e5e4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 2259 (131) — An Act To Prohibit Receiving Compensation For Assisting A Person To Obtain Veterans' Benefits Except As Permitted Under Federal Law

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

• Bradlee FARRIN — primary (person)
• Amy ARATA — cosponsor (person)
• Billy Bob FAULKINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
• Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
• Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa KEIM — cosponsor (person)
• Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
• Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
• Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-07 Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2024-03-07 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. referral-committee
• 2024-03-07 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2024-04-01 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2024-04-01 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2024-04-01 Committee Amendment "A" (S-619) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2024-04-01 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-619). reading-2, reading-3
• 2024-04-01 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2024-04-02 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2024-04-02 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2024-04-02 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-619). reading-3
• 2024-04-02 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2024-04-03 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2024-04-03 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2024-04-09 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2024-04-11 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/39141975-f384-4ad8-b32c-f1927f7567d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).