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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Allowing Access By State Agencies And Hospitals To Certain Confidential Probate Court Records If The Access Is In The Public Interest"
description: "An Act Allowing Access By State Agencies And Hospitals To Certain Confidential Probate Court Records If The Access Is In The Public Interest"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 966"
citation: "Maine LD 966 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROBATE", "PROCEEDINGS", "RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy KUHN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-07"
last_action: "2025-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/164b2c84-9561-43ef-a803-db8e548f95fe"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097271"
source_hash: "8f6d1af1f54a1f7d503f4c445ccbd9f5d95d6313d0d19fd2f074e73253db1cf0"
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 966 (132) — An Act Allowing Access By State Agencies And Hospitals To Certain Confidential Probate Court Records If The Access Is In The Public Interest
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment C-A (H-35)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0626&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 18** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0626&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 966 HP 626** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0626&item=1&snum=132)
## Sponsors
- Amy KUHN — primary (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-07** Received by the Clerk of the House on March 7, 2025. `receipt`
- **2025-03-07** 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`
- **2025-03-21** Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-04-01** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-04-01** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-04-01** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-35). `reading-3`
- **2025-04-01** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-01** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2025-04-01** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Committee Amendment "A" (H-35) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-04-01** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-35), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2025-04-01** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2025-04-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+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/164b2c84-9561-43ef-a803-db8e548f95fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).