HP 130 Maine House · 132nd Legislature (2025-2026)

Joint Order, To Amend Joint Rule 208 To Eliminate All But Certain Concept Drafts

This bill amends legislative drafting rules to eliminate "concept drafts" (incomplete drafts containing only a summary and enacting clause) for nearly all bills, except for the state's unified budget bill and proposals for uniform or model acts. It requires legislators to submit complete bill requests with all necessary details upfront; incomplete requests will be denied without further review. The Revisor of Statutes must notify legislators of missing information, granting a 5-business-day window to fix submissions before denial. Outside drafts must also be submitted in final form by the cloture date, streamlining the process for most legislation.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Jan 2025
House Passage
Jan 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Jun 25, 2025
Floor votes · House Jan 21, 2025

How they voted

6460
Passed · 12 other
Total votes 136
Jan 21, 2025
D Democratic66
61 Yea 5
92% Yea
I Independent3
3 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican67
60 Nay 7
89% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Jan 28, 2025
Committee
READ and REFERRED to the Committee on JOINT RULES, in concurrence.
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Joint Order was REFERRED to the Committee on JOINT RULES.
lower
Jan 21, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (64-60-12)
house
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Katrina Smith
Katrina Smith
RRepublican
ME
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