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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide Consistency In The Laws Regarding Domestic Partners"
description: "An Act To Provide Consistency In The Laws Regarding Domestic Partners"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1804"
citation: "Maine LD 1804 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DOMESTIC PARTNERS", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "STATUTE DEFINITION CHANGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tiffany ROBERTS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-07"
last_action: "2022-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fdc3458-dd5e-4c9d-b227-f807a38772a7"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082122"
source_hash: "904dcfa07b1f34c8701ae4fa79fd652922672234f3c45fd538710175fd2545bb"
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 1804 (130) — An Act To Provide Consistency In The Laws Regarding Domestic Partners
## 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=HP1346&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1346&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1346&item=3&snum=130)
## Sponsors
- Tiffany ROBERTS — primary (person)
- Barbara WOOD — cosponsor (person)
- Erin SHEEHAN — cosponsor (person)
- Heather SANBORN — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen MORIARTY — cosponsor (person)
- Thom HARNETT — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-12-07** Received by the Clerk of the House on December 7, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-12-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Reports READ.
- **2022-03-29** On motion of Representative HARNETT of Gardiner, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2022-03-29** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-29** Committee Amendment "A" (H-838) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-03-29** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2022-03-29** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-838). `reading-3`
- **2022-03-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-31** Reports Read
- **2022-03-31** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2022-03-31** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2022-03-31** Committee Amendment "A" (H-838) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-838) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-31** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fdc3458-dd5e-4c9d-b227-f807a38772a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).