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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Prohibit Questions Regarding Criminal History On Certain State Employment Applications"
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description: "An Act To Prohibit Questions Regarding Criminal History On Certain State Employment Applications"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "129"
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identifier: "LD 170"
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citation: "Maine LD 170 (129)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES", "HIRING", "PRIOR CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bettyann SHEATS"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-01-17"
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last_action: "2019-04-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6ab3a07-8f9b-4d77-96d1-f8e53ff1cb59"
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source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070914"
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source_hash: "b0adf9b7a825468c425c31baa255048186ead06f379a58a09b53a27ba7d7c93e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
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---
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# Maine LD 170 (129) — An Act To Prohibit Questions Regarding Criminal History On Certain State Employment Applications
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0133&item=1&snum=129)
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2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0133&item=3&snum=129)
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## Votes
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- ACC OUGHT TO PASS REP — **94–37** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bettyann SHEATS — primary (person)
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- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael SYLVESTER — cosponsor (person)
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- Nathan LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
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- Shenna BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-17** Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
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- **2019-01-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-01-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-14** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
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- **2019-03-14** On OBJECTION of Representative STETKIS of Canaan REMOVED.
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- **2019-03-14** The Committee Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
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- **2019-03-14** ROLL CALL NO. 12
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- **2019-03-14** (Yeas 94 - Nays 37 - Absent 18 - Excused 1 Vacant 1)
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- **2019-03-14** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-14** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
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- **2019-03-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
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- **2019-03-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-03-19** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
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- **2019-03-19** READ ONCE `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-19** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
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- **2019-03-21** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
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- **2019-03-21** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-21** Ordered sent down forthwith
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- **2019-03-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2019-03-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-03-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2019-04-05** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6ab3a07-8f9b-4d77-96d1-f8e53ff1cb59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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