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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Improve Localization Of Emergency Broadcast Messaging"
description: "An Act To Improve Localization Of Emergency Broadcast Messaging"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 2003"
citation: "Maine LD 2003 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CULTURAL AGENCIES", "FUNDING", "PUBLIC BROADCASTING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Teresa PIERCE"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-12-03"
last_action: "2026-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/905c7df0-15f8-4cf7-aa55-42112e9d0ec5"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280100843"
source_hash: "125a120627dd400d91be693b4e98a2945a22192df13fd5017f6e2a6470e1919c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---
# Maine LD 2003 (132) — An Act To Improve Localization Of Emergency Broadcast Messaging
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment C-A (S-526)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0819&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment H-A to C-A (H-1055)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0819&item=6&snum=132)
3. **Amendment S-A to C-A (S-685)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0819&item=4&snum=132)
4. **Chapter 725** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0819&item=7&snum=132)
5. **LD 2003 SP 819** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0819&item=1&snum=132)
## Votes
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **21–12** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Teresa PIERCE — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-12-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 3, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Reports READ.
- **2026-03-05** Senator RAFFERTY of York moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report PREVAILED.
- **2026-03-05** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 733 Yeas 21 - Nays 12 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2026-03-05** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-526) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-05** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2026-03-10** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-10** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-526) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2026-03-12** Reports READ.
- **2026-03-12** On motion of Representative MURPHY of Scarborough, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-12** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-526) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-12** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2026-03-12** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-526). `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-18** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence.
- **2026-04-13** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table.
- **2026-04-13** Same Senator moved to SUSPEND THE RULES to RECONSIDER whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-526) in concurrence. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook OBJECTED.
- **2026-04-13** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin Bill and accompanying papers COMMITTED to the Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs In NON-CONCURRENCE. `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-13** Sent down for concurrence.
- **2026-04-13** On motion of Speaker FECTEAU of Biddeford, the House RECEDED.
- **2026-04-13** On motion of Representative GATTINE of Westbrook, House Amendment "A" (H-1055) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-526) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-526) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-1055) thereto was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-526) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-1055) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
- **2026-04-13** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-13** On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland the Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-526) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-1055) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2026-04-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/905c7df0-15f8-4cf7-aa55-42112e9d0ec5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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