republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-538.md

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Bill	An Act Regarding The Qualification Of Expert Witnesses In Certain Family Court Actions	An Act Regarding The Qualification Of Expert Witnesses In Certain Family Court Actions	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 538	Maine LD 538 (131)	bill	ABUSE AND NEGLECT CHILDREN AND FAMILIES EXPERT WITNESSES	enacted	Victoria DOUDERA	3	30	0	2023-02-09	2023-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/ac62c3e4-7d23-4022-aebc-0c0d51dcf997	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086042	5cc6ce36e583032394d8e51d76055e85e903f3ed6c3f89cec393be15acba8693	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 538 (131) — An Act Regarding The Qualification Of Expert Witnesses In Certain Family Court Actions

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

• Victoria DOUDERA — primary (person)
• Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer POIRIER — cosponsor (person)
• Lois RECKITT — cosponsor (person)
• Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
• Rachel HENDERSON — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen MORIARTY — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-09 Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
• 2023-02-09 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. referral-committee
• 2023-02-09 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-02-09 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.
• 2023-05-02 Reports READ.
• 2023-05-02 On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2023-05-02 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2023-05-02 Committee Amendment "A" (H-86) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2023-05-02 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2023-05-02 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-86). reading-3
• 2023-05-02 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-05-03 Reports Read
• 2023-05-03 On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
• 2023-05-03 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2023-05-03 Committee Amendment "A" (H-86) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-03 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2023-05-04 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2023-05-04 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-86), in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2023-05-04 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2023-05-09 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2023-05-09 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-05-11 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2023-05-15 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2023-04-28T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ac62c3e4-7d23-4022-aebc-0c0d51dcf997. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).