republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-1101.md

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Bill	An Act To Address The Limited Availability Of Counsel In Courts To Represent Indigent Parties In Matters Affecting Their Fundamental Rights	An Act To Address The Limited Availability Of Counsel In Courts To Represent Indigent Parties In Matters Affecting Their Fundamental Rights	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 1101	Maine LD 1101 (132)	bill	ALTERNATIVE APPOINTMENTS APPOINTED COUNSEL CRIMINAL PROCEDURE	enacted	Anne CARNEY	4	30	2	2025-03-14	2025-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/4a02cd95-1552-4e66-bafe-5aa8b0652510	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097525	06bfda3efcaafd88d041a2d1a623050fa9baf9ab9a4d30c2e91785499974be32	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1101 (132) — An Act To Address The Limited Availability Of Counsel In Courts To Represent Indigent Parties In Matters Affecting Their Fundamental Rights

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (S-11) (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment H-A to C-A (H-47) (committee substitute) — source
3. Chapter 40 (committee substitute) — source
4. LD 1101 SP 462 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• INDEF PP HAH-47 — 91–53 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED — 113–32 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Anne CARNEY — primary (person)
• Amy KUHN — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-14 Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 14, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 receipt, 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.
• 2025-04-08 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2025-04-08 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-04-08 Committee Amendment "A" (S-11) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-04-08 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-11). reading-2, reading-3
• 2025-04-08 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2025-04-10 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2025-04-10 On OBJECTION of Representative FREDETTE of Newport REMOVED.
• 2025-04-10 The Committee Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2025-04-10 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-04-10 Committee Amendment "A" (S-11) was READ.
• 2025-04-10 On motion of Representative FREDETTE of Newport, House Amendment "A" (H-47) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-11) was READ.
• 2025-04-10 On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, House Amendment "A" (H-47) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-11) was INDEFINITELY POSTPONED.
• 2025-04-10 ROLL CALL NO. 77
• 2025-04-10 (Yeas 91 - Nays 53 - Absent 6 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
• 2025-04-10 Subsequently, Committee Amendment "A" (S-11) was ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-10 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2025-04-10 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-11) reading-3
• 2025-04-10 ROLL CALL NO. 78
• 2025-04-10 (Yeas 113 - Nays 32 - Absent 5 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
• 2025-04-10 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-04-10 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
• 2025-04-10 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2025-04-10 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-04-10 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. passage
• 2025-04-23 Became Law without Governor's Signature became-law
• 2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2025-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4a02cd95-1552-4e66-bafe-5aa8b0652510. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).