republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-2195.md

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Bill	An Act To Prohibit The Appointment Or Assignment Of A Private Attorney To Provide Indigent Legal Services Without That Attorney'S Consent	An Act To Prohibit The Appointment Or Assignment Of A Private Attorney To Provide Indigent Legal Services Without That Attorney'S Consent	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 2195	Maine LD 2195 (132)	bill	INDIGENT LEGAL SERVICES PRIVATE ATTORNEYS	enacted	Anne CARNEY	3	25	0	2026-02-03	2026-04-03	openstates	ocd-bill/975370a6-9645-4d8f-b7c8-e7731659ff9f	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280101473	05f892ffebb3201ab642a7ef4d917c7d876a6b255e9805395217c601cf7a8ac3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 2195 (132) — An Act To Prohibit The Appointment Or Assignment Of A Private Attorney To Provide Indigent Legal Services Without That Attorney'S Consent

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (S-539) (committee substitute) — source
2. Chapter 639 (committee substitute) — source
3. LD 2195 SP 896 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Anne CARNEY — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-03 Reported that the same be REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY, pursuant to Public Law, chapter 40, section 4. referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2026-02-03 Bill and accompanying papers REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 Sent down for concurrence.
• 2026-02-10 Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2026-02-10 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-03-17 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2026-03-17 Bill READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2026-03-17 Committee Amendment "A" (S-539) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2026-03-17 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2026-03-18 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2026-03-18 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-539) reading-2, reading-3
• 2026-03-18 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2026-03-19 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2026-03-19 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2026-03-19 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-539). reading-3
• 2026-03-19 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-03-24 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2026-03-24 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-03-25 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2026-04-03 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/975370a6-9645-4d8f-b7c8-e7731659ff9f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).