republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-1091.md

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Bill	An Act To Reinforce Free Speech At Town Meetings By Allowing Persons A Minimum Amount Of Time In Which To Speak	An Act To Reinforce Free Speech At Town Meetings By Allowing Persons A Minimum Amount Of Time In Which To Speak	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 1091	Maine LD 1091 (132)	bill	MUNICIPALITIES PUBLIC COMMENT TOWN MEETINGS	enacted	Benjamin HYMES	3	19	0	2025-03-14	2025-06-22	openstates	ocd-bill/8a5e01f4-f725-463f-9624-d46de691adc9	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097497	35acac33d50c4fdf40e4ce069b4eede01213458e710ea7e374b0e7dd01775235	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1091 (132) — An Act To Reinforce Free Speech At Town Meetings By Allowing Persons A Minimum Amount Of Time In Which To Speak

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Amendment C-A (H-509) (committee substitute) — source
2. Chapter 409 (committee substitute) — source
3. LD 1091 HP 713 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Benjamin HYMES — primary (person)
• Alicia COLLINS — cosponsor (person)
• Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
• David BOYER — cosponsor (person)
• Gary DRINKWATER — cosponsor (person)
• Matthew HARRINGTON — cosponsor (person)
• Reagan PAUL — cosponsor (person)
• Tracy QUINT — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-14 Received by the Clerk of the House on March 14, 2025. receipt
• 2025-03-14 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. referral-committee
• 2025-03-21 Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
• 2025-06-04 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2025-06-04 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2025-06-04 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-509). reading-3
• 2025-06-04 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-05 Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
• 2025-06-05 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-06-05 Committee Amendment "A" (H-509) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-06-05 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-509), in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2025-06-05 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2025-06-09 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2025-06-09 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-09 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2025-06-22 Became Law without Governor's Signature became-law
• 2025-04-16T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-04-16T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2025-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8a5e01f4-f725-463f-9624-d46de691adc9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).