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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding Remote Participation In Public Proceedings"
description: "An Act Regarding Remote Participation In Public Proceedings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 32"
citation: "Maine LD 32 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FREEDOM OF ACCESS", "PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS", "REMOTE ACCESS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harold STEWART"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e3ee502-7de7-4c7e-a896-1cef5f32765c"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280077964"
source_hash: "ec9028cf9fdae616c3bb2d8a01a4a46f11033b6a06a16470164b1f764827bf53"
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 32 (130) — An Act Regarding Remote Participation In Public Proceedings
## 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=SP0040&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0040&item=5&snum=130)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0040&item=1&snum=130)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0040&item=3&snum=130)
## Votes
- ACCEPT REPORT — **322** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Harold STEWART — primary (person)
- Ned CLAXTON — cosponsor (person)
- Roland MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
- Thom HARNETT — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 11, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-06-15** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-15** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-15** Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-15** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-301). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-15** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2021-06-15** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2021-06-15** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 379 Yeas 32 - Nays 2 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2021-06-15** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-15** Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) READ
- **2021-06-15** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland Senate Amendment "A" (S-308) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-15** Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-308) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-15** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-308) thereto `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-15** Sent down for concurrence
- **2021-06-16** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-16** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) was READ.
- **2021-06-16** Senate Amendment "A" (S-308) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-308) thereto ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-16** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-301) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-308) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2021-06-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-17** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2021-06-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2021-05-27T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-27T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e3ee502-7de7-4c7e-a896-1cef5f32765c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).