LD857 • 2025

An Act to Increase Government Transparency in the Procurement of Goods and Services

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Representative David Boyer
Last action: 2025-06-22
Official status: Became Law without Governor's Signature
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Increase Government Transparency in the Procurement of Goods and Services

An Act to Increase Government Transparency in the Procurement of Goods and Services Sponsor: Representative David Boyer Reference committee: State and Local Government Governor action: Became Law without Governor's Signature

What This Bill Does

An Act to Increase Government Transparency in the Procurement of Goods and Services Sponsor: Representative David Boyer Reference committee: State and Local Government Governor action: Became Law without Governor's Signature

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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C-A (H-568)

Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1696(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

Page 1 - 132LR1696(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
857 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

2025-06-22 Governor
Became Law without Governor's Signature
2025-06-10 House
PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-06-10 Senate
PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.
2025-06-06 Committee
Reported Out; OTP-AM
2025-05-14 Committee
Work Session Held
2025-05-14 Committee
Voted; OTP-AM
2025-04-28 Committee
Work Session Held; TABLED
2025-03-04 Committee
Referred to Committee on State and Local Government.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Increase Government Transparency in the Procurement of Goods and Services
Sponsor:
Representative David Boyer
Reference committee:
State and Local Government
Governor action:
Became Law without Governor's Signature

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

Page 1 - 132LR1696(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 543 - L.D. 857
An Act to Increase Government Transparency in the Procurement of Goods
and Services
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §1825-B, sub-§15 is enacted to read:
15. Records. Beginning January 1, 2026, the Director of the Bureau of General
Services shall preserve, consistent with applicable record retention schedules established
and published by the Department of the Secretary of State, Maine State Archives, and make
available on a publicly accessible website all records and documents regarding the
competitive bidding process, including notices of intent to waive competitive bidding under
this section and supporting documents and competitive solicitations and supporting
documents, including question-and-answer summaries, evaluation team packets and award
decision letters. All proposals submitted in response to a solicitation and resulting in an
award are public documents, unless otherwise excepted by statute.
Sec. 2. Record recovery. The Department of Administrative and Financial Services
shall to the extent possible recover and publish on a publicly accessible website all past
notices of intent to waive the competitive bidding process and supporting documents.
LAW WITHOUT
GOVERNOR'S
SIGNATURE

JUNE 22, 2025
CHAPTER
405
PUBLIC LAW