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LD412 • 2025

An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Self-administered Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Collection Kits

An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Self-administered Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Collection Kits

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Eleanor Sato
Last action
2025-05-29
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Self-administered Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Collection Kits

An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Self-administered Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Collection Kits Sponsor: Representative Eleanor Sato Reference committee: Judiciary Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Self-administered Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Collection Kits Sponsor: Representative Eleanor Sato Reference committee: Judiciary Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0873(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0873(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 412 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3JUDICIARY 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. 2025-05-29 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-05-27 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-05-27 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-05-21 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-03-14 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-03-14 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-02-04 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Self-administered Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Collection Kits
Sponsor:
Representative Eleanor Sato
Reference committee:
Judiciary
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Page 1 - 132LR0873(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 266 - L.D. 412
An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Self-administered Sexual Assault Forensic
Evidence Collection Kits
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2915-A is enacted to read:
§2915-A. Sale of self-administered sexual assault forensic evidence collection kit
prohibited
1. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following
meanings.
A. "Person" has the same meaning as in Title 5, section 206, subsection 2.
B. "Self-administered sexual assault forensic evidence collection kit" means materials
advertised or marketed as a means for a person other than a licensed hospital or licensed
health care practitioner to collect physical evidence of a sexual assault.
C. "Sexual assault" has the same meaning as in section 2915, subsection 3-A.
2. Prohibition. A person may not sell or offer for sale a self-administered sexual
assault forensic evidence collection kit.
3. Admissibility. This section does not affect the admissibility in a court proceeding
of evidence collected using a self-administered sexual assault forensic evidence collection
kit.
4. Violation. There is a rebuttable presumption that a violation of this section is a
violation of the Maine Unfair Trade Practices Act.
APPROVED
MAY 29, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
138
PUBLIC LAW