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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Prohibit The Appointment Or Assignment Of A Private Attorney To Provide Indigent Legal Services Without That Attorney'S Consent"
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description: "An Act To Prohibit The Appointment Or Assignment Of A Private Attorney To Provide Indigent Legal Services Without That Attorney'S Consent"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "132"
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identifier: "LD 2195"
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citation: "Maine LD 2195 (132)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["INDIGENT", "LEGAL SERVICES", "PRIVATE ATTORNEYS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Anne CARNEY"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2026-02-03"
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last_action: "2026-04-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/975370a6-9645-4d8f-b7c8-e7731659ff9f"
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source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280101473"
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source_hash: "05f892ffebb3201ab642a7ef4d917c7d876a6b255e9805395217c601cf7a8ac3"
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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 2195 (132) — An Act To Prohibit The Appointment Or Assignment Of A Private Attorney To Provide Indigent Legal Services Without That Attorney'S Consent
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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. **Amendment C-A (S-539)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0896&item=2&snum=132)
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2. **Chapter 639** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0896&item=3&snum=132)
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3. **LD 2195 SP 896** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0896&item=1&snum=132)
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## Sponsors
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- Anne CARNEY — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-03** Reported that the same be REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY, pursuant to Public Law, chapter 40, section 4. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-03** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
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- **2026-02-03** Bill and accompanying papers REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-03** Sent down for concurrence.
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- **2026-02-10** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
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- **2026-02-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-10** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2026-03-17** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
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- **2026-03-17** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-539) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
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- **2026-03-17** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
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- **2026-03-18** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
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- **2026-03-18** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-539) `reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-18** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
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- **2026-03-19** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
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- **2026-03-19** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
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- **2026-03-19** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-539). `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-19** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2026-03-24** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2026-03-24** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2026-03-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2026-04-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
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- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
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- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM
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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/975370a6-9645-4d8f-b7c8-e7731659ff9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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