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LD1563 • 2025

An Act to Establish Content Standards for Legislation

An Act to Establish Content Standards for Legislation

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Sponsor
Representative Laurel Libby
Last action
2025-06-09
Official status
Reports Read On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 414 Yeas 20 - Nays 14 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
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An Act to Establish Content Standards for Legislation

An Act to Establish Content Standards for Legislation Sponsor: Representative Laurel Libby Reference committee: State and Local Government Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Establish Content Standards for Legislation Sponsor: Representative Laurel Libby Reference committee: State and Local Government Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0724(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0724(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1563 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-09 House

    Reports READ . On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED . ROLL CALL NO. 370 (Yeas 76 - Nays 70 - Absent 3 - Excused 2) Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  2. 2025-06-09 Senate

    Reports Read On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 414 Yeas 20 - Nays 14 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  3. 2025-06-06 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

  4. 2025-05-14 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-05-14 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-04-10 Committee

    Referred to Committee on State and Local Government.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Establish Content Standards for Legislation
Sponsor:
Representative Laurel Libby
Reference committee:
State and Local Government
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1563
H.P. 1021 House of Representatives, April 10, 2025
An Act to Establish Content Standards for Legislation
Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative LIBBY of Auburn.

Page 1 - 132LR0724(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 3 MRSA c. 39 is enacted to read:
3CHAPTER 39
4LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING STANDARDS
5§1051. Content standards for legislation
6 All legislation drafted for introduction to the Legislature must be written in a manner
7 that allows it to become law if not amended and may not be an abstract or concept of the
8 intent of the legislation. Legislation that does not comply with this section may not be
9 referred to a committee of the Legislature for a hearing.
10SUMMARY
11 This bill requires all legislation to be completely drafted before introduction to the
12 Legislature and not an abstract or concept of the intent of the legislation. Legislation that
13 is not drafted in a manner that allows it to become law if not amended may not be referred
14 to a committee of the Legislature for a hearing.
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