republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-1691.md

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Bill	An Act To Expand Access To Justice In Rural Maine By Incentivizing Attorneys To Practice In Underserved Areas	An Act To Expand Access To Justice In Rural Maine By Incentivizing Attorneys To Practice In Underserved Areas	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 1691	Maine LD 1691 (132)	bill	LAW SCHOOL RURAL PRACTICE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM	enacted	Amy KUHN	3	29	0	2025-04-17	2026-01-11	openstates	ocd-bill/a99bacca-a05e-4fed-8792-6c4853fb837f	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098614	4f91e3818a16005760346135d803eeaf02c467c7706b2c0e2c95ce7e7621811e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1691 (132) — An Act To Expand Access To Justice In Rural Maine By Incentivizing Attorneys To Practice In Underserved Areas

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (H-325) (committee substitute) — source
2. Chapter 508 (committee substitute) — source
3. LD 1691 HP 1126 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Amy KUHN — primary (person)
• Adam LEE — cosponsor (person)
• Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
• David SINCLAIR — cosponsor (person)
• Eleanor SATO — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer POIRIER — cosponsor (person)
• John DUCHARME — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly MURPHY — cosponsor (person)
• Rachel HENDERSON — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-04-17 Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
• 2025-04-17 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. referral-committee
• 2025-04-17 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-04-17 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS in concurrence referral-committee
• 2025-05-29 Reports READ.
• 2025-05-29 On motion of Representative MURPHY of Scarborough, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2025-05-29 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-05-29 Committee Amendment "A" (H-325) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-05-29 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2025-05-29 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-325). reading-3
• 2025-05-29 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-02 Report READ
• 2025-06-02 Senator RAFFERTY of York moved to ACCEPT The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report.
• 2025-06-02 On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending Motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York to ACCEPT The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-325) in concurrence
• 2025-06-13 Taken from the table by the President
• 2025-06-13 pending Motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York The RAFFERTY of York Majority by Ought to Pass As Amended
• 2025-06-13 Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
• 2025-06-13 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-06-13 Committee Amendment "A" (H-325) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-06-13 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-325), in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2025-06-13 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2025-06-13 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2025-06-13 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-16 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2025-07-08 HELD BY THE GOVERNOR.
• 2026-01-11 Became Law without Governor's Signature became-law
• 2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2025-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a99bacca-a05e-4fed-8792-6c4853fb837f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).