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Maine · 132nd Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

LD 1091: An Act To Reinforce Free Speech At Town Meetings By Allowing Persons A Minimum Amount Of Time In Which To Speak

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

LD 1091 is a bill introduced in the Maine House on March 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act To Reinforce Free Speech At Town Meetings By Allowing Persons A Minimum Amount Of Time In Which To Speak. Primary sponsor: Ben Hymes (Republican). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 22, 2025): Became Law without Governor's Signature.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ben HymesPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse38
David BoyerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse87
Alicia CollinsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Gary DrinkwaterCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Matt HarringtonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate33
Craig HickmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Reagan PaulCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse37
Tracy QuintCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse8

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Became Law without Governor's Signature
  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-509), in concurrence.
  7. Committee Amendment "A" (H-509) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence.
  8. READ ONCE.
  9. Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
  10. Reported Out - OTP-AM
  11. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  12. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-509).

Showing 12 most recent of 19 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source