republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-2042.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	An Act To Eliminate The Requirement For Municipalities To Provide Public Notice In A Newspaper	An Act To Eliminate The Requirement For Municipalities To Provide Public Notice In A Newspaper	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 2042	Maine LD 2042 (132)	bill	ACCESS TO INFORMATION NOTICE STATE GOVERNMENT	enacted	Russell BLACK	3	18	0	2025-12-09	2026-04-03	openstates	ocd-bill/b4031eb5-9f90-444e-92d7-ef98afc1c939	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280100919	43101c9e61522ba14ea812c8e91963c9d7f8bed9e1a97b040c60d02a251bbaf5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 2042 (132) — An Act To Eliminate The Requirement For Municipalities To Provide Public Notice In A Newspaper

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (S-573) (committee substitute) — source
2. Chapter 613 (committee substitute) — source
3. LD 2042 SP 831 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Russell BLACK — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-09 Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 9, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 receipt, referral-committee
• 2026-03-24 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2026-03-24 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2026-03-24 Committee Amendment "A" (S-573) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2026-03-24 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-573). reading-2, reading-3
• 2026-03-24 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2026-03-25 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2026-03-25 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2026-03-25 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-573). reading-3
• 2026-03-25 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-03-26 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2026-03-26 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-03-30 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2026-04-03 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b4031eb5-9f90-444e-92d7-ef98afc1c939. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).