republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-1797.md

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Bill	An Act To Implement The Recommendations Of The Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning Denials Of Public Records Requests	An Act To Implement The Recommendations Of The Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning Denials Of Public Records Requests	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 1797	Maine LD 1797 (132)	bill	FREEDOM OF ACCESS PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS	enacted	Amy KUHN	2	23	0	2025-04-24	2025-06-08	openstates	ocd-bill/891e5200-a361-4c4e-bc7b-5513bf4f2290	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098815	d3381557166e37ad5bd02e33cb328464f9f0004e561dfa8a466075a0cf2be288	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1797 (132) — An Act To Implement The Recommendations Of The Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning Denials Of Public Records Requests

Version chain

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

1. Chapter 186 (committee substitute) — source
2. LD 1797 HP 1203 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Amy KUHN — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-04-24 Representative KUHN for the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, section 411, subsection 6, paragraph G reports that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY and printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218. referral-committee
• 2025-04-24 Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2025-04-24 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2025-04-24 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-04-24 Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
• 2025-04-24 On motion by Senator Carney of Cumberland REFERRED to the Committee on Judiciary and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218, in concurrence. referral-committee
• 2025-05-20 Reports READ.
• 2025-05-20 On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2025-05-20 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-05-20 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2025-05-20 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. reading-3
• 2025-05-20 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-05-21 Reports Read
• 2025-05-21 On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED.
• 2025-05-21 Bill READ ONCE reading-1
• 2025-05-21 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2025-05-27 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2025-05-27 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-05-27 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2025-06-08 Became Law without Governor's Signature became-law
• 2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/891e5200-a361-4c4e-bc7b-5513bf4f2290. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).