Maine 131st Legislature (2023-2024) Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 7 R · 2 D cosponsors

LD 1425 — An Act To Strengthen Freedom Of Access Protections By Allowing Remote Meetings To Be Recorded

Last action — Signed by Governor

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 30, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Janet Mills (Democratic) on June 15, 2023.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 9 sponsors

    1 primary, 8 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (7 R · 2 D) — cross-party backing.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by Governor

  2. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  3. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  5. Ordered sent down forthwith.

  6. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-249), in concurrence.

  7. Committee Amendment "A" (H-249) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence.

  8. READ ONCE.

  9. Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.

  10. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  11. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-249).

  12. Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.

  13. CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY

  14. Reported Out - OTP-AM

  15. Voted - OTP-AM

  16. Work Session Held

  17. Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.

  18. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence

  19. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  20. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY.

  21. Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 8 co-sponsors · 177 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (8)

Not signed on (177)

177 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Subjects

civil-rights technology
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 1425?
LD 1425 is sponsored by Tracy Quint (Republican), Robert Nutting (Republican), Michel Lajoie (Democrat), Tavis Hasenfus (Democrat), Bradlee T. Farrin (Republican), Richard T. Bradstreet (Republican), David Boyer (Republican), Donald Ardell (Republican), and Chad Perkins (Republican).
What is the current status of LD 1425?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 30, 2023. Enacted.
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