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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill An Act To Facilitate Communication Between Pro Se Defendants And Assistant District Attorneys An Act To Facilitate Communication Between Pro Se Defendants And Assistant District Attorneys us/states/me Maine Legislature 131 LD 576 Maine LD 576 (131)
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Maine LD 576 (131) — An Act To Facilitate Communication Between Pro Se Defendants And Assistant District Attorneys

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

  • Joseph BALDACCI — primary (person)
  • Danny COSTAIN — cosponsor (person)
  • James DILL — cosponsor (person)
  • Lois RECKITT — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-02-14 Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
  • 2023-02-14 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. referral-committee
  • 2023-02-14 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  • 2023-03-30 CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
  • 2023-06-15 Reports READ
  • 2023-06-15 On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
  • 2023-06-15 READ ONCE reading-1
  • 2023-06-15 Committee Amendment "A" (S-339) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-06-15 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-339) reading-2, reading-3
  • 2023-06-15 Sent down for concurrence
  • 2023-06-15 Reports READ.
  • 2023-06-15 On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
  • 2023-06-15 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
  • 2023-06-15 Committee Amendment "A" (S-339) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
  • 2023-06-15 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
  • 2023-06-15 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-339). reading-3
  • 2023-06-15 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  • 2023-06-20 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
  • 2023-06-20 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
  • 2023-06-20 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  • 2023-06-20 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. passage
  • 2023-06-28 Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
  • 2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
  • 2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
  • 2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
  • 2023-06-15T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f539593e-1ec6-4737-9e3a-ad31273c99ea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).