republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/129/ld-946.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Protect The Privacy Of Online Customer Information"
description: "An Act To Protect The Privacy Of Online Customer Information"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 946"
citation: "Maine LD 946 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "BROADBAND SERVICES", "ISP COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMAT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shenna BELLOWS"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8ff3fd6-3a12-4ebd-abeb-79db6f3b5694"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072014"
source_hash: "03c362119964c656ed4f84894c2992c3933991ae2dc295cdb89c7d54a3a5dc09"
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 946 (129) — An Act To Protect The Privacy Of Online Customer Information

## Version chain

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

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0275&item=7&snum=129)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0275&item=3&snum=129)
3. **Divided Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0275&item=6&snum=129)
4. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0275&item=1&snum=129)
5. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0275&item=9&snum=129)
6. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0275&item=4&snum=129)

## Votes

- ENACTMENT — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- TABLE UNTIL LATER — **13–21** (fail) · upper
- RECONSIDER — **50–92** (fail) · lower
- Acc Report 'A' OTP — **96–45** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shenna BELLOWS — primary (person)
- David MIRAMANT — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa KEIM — cosponsor (person)
- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)
- Seth BERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey GUERIN — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas SKOLFIELD — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-02-21** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-23** Reports Read
- **2019-05-23** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York Report A Ought to Pass ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-23** Motion by Senator TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin to Table Pending Acceptance of Report A Ought To Pass FAILED
- **2019-05-23** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 129 Yeas 13 - Nays 21 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2019-05-23** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-05-23** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-05-28** Reports READ.
- **2019-05-28** Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham moved to ACCEPT REPORT A Ought to Pass .
- **2019-05-28** On further motion of same Representative TABLED pending his motion to ACCEPT REPORT A Ought to Pass .
- **2019-05-28** Later today assigned.
- **2019-05-29** Speaker laid before the House
- **2019-05-29** Subsequently, REPORT A Ought to Pass was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-29** ROLL CALL NO. 151
- **2019-05-29** (Yeas 96 - Nays 45 - Absent 7 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
- **2019-05-29** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-05-29** On motion of Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham, House Amendment "B" (H-387) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-29** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by House Amendment "B" (H-387).
- **2019-05-29** In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
- **2019-05-29** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-30** On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin The Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED With The Report A Report ACCEPTED PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY House Amendment "B" (H-387) in concurrence
- **2019-05-30** On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin The Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED With Report A Ought to Pass READ and ACCEPTED AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY House Amendment "B" (H-387) in concurrence
- **2019-05-30** Representative STEWART of Presque Isle moved that the House RECONSIDER its action whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by House Amendment "B" (H-387).
- **2019-05-30** Subsequently, the motion to RECONSIDER FAILED.
- **2019-05-30** ROLL CALL NO. 155
- **2019-05-30** (Yeas 50 - Nays 92 - Absent 6 - Excused 2)
- **2019-05-30** Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-06** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8ff3fd6-3a12-4ebd-abeb-79db6f3b5694`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).