republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-537.md

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Bill	An Act To Prohibit The Doxing Of A Minor And To Authorize A Related Civil Action	An Act To Prohibit The Doxing Of A Minor And To Authorize A Related Civil Action	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 537	Maine LD 537 (132)	bill	HUMAN RIGHTS MINORS PRIVACY	enacted	Melanie SACHS	4	30	2	2025-02-11	2025-06-24	openstates	ocd-bill/cfe14cac-9060-4eab-8379-a6c241655992	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096452	db6f1264e489e35a400f45f2ca0a4dcafc1fd5f0730c2e47e3d76f35868f8095	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 537 (132) — An Act To Prohibit The Doxing Of A Minor And To Authorize A Related Civil Action

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (H-604) (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment C-B (H-605) (committee substitute) — source
3. Chapter 417 (committee substitute) — source
4. LD 537 HP 356 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 78–69 (pass) · lower
• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — 18–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Melanie SACHS — primary (person)
• Ambureen RANA — cosponsor (person)
• Amy KUHN — cosponsor (person)
• Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
• Deqa DHALAC — cosponsor (person)
• Laurie OSHER — cosponsor (person)
• Matt MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
• Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-11 Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
• 2025-02-11 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. referral-committee
• 2025-02-11 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-02-11 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence referral-committee
• 2025-03-21 Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
• 2025-06-10 Reports READ.
• 2025-06-10 On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2025-06-10 ROLL CALL NO. 406
• 2025-06-10 (Yeas 78 - Nays 69 - Absent 2 - Excused 2)
• 2025-06-10 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-06-10 Committee Amendment "A" (H-604) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-06-10 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2025-06-10 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-604). reading-3
• 2025-06-10 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-10 Reports Read
• 2025-06-10 On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-604) Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
• 2025-06-10 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 441 Yeas 18 - Nays 14 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
• 2025-06-10 Bill READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-06-10 Committee Amendment "A" (H-604) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-06-10 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-604) in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2025-06-10 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2025-06-10 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-11 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2025-06-24 Became Law without Governor's Signature became-law
• 2025-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2025-06-09T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cfe14cac-9060-4eab-8379-a6c241655992. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).