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IntroducedDec 09, 2025
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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Became Law
Maine Senate Bill
SP 831, An Act To Eliminate The Requirement For Municipalities To Provide Public Notice In A Newspaper
Last Action See all actions
legislature • Feb 04, 2026: Work Session Held - TABLED
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on LD 2042
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
Actions
- Feb 04, 2026 | legislature
- Work Session (Cross Building, Room 214)
- Work Session Held - TABLED
- Jan 21, 2026 | legislature
- Public Hearing (Cross Building, Room 214)
- Dec 09, 2025 | Senate
- Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 9, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2
Bill Texts
Documents
- Fiscal StatusHTML
- Fiscal StatusPDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Russell Black (Maine State Legislature)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Sass Borodkin (Skowhegan)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Colleen Brown (Whiting)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Christopher Crockett (The Ellsworth American)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Phillip Crowell, Jr. (Maine Service Centers Coalition)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Mayor Mark Dion (City of Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Scott Firmin (Portland Water District)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Rebecca and Peter Irving (Northfield)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by James Kossuth (Town of Northport)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Rebecca Lambert (Maine Municipal Association)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Dan MacLeod (Maine Press Association)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Stefanie Manning (Maine Trust for Local News)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Dan Marks (MEWEA)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Joe Oliva (Maine Broadband Coalition)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by John Roberts (Newcastle)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Alex Seitz-Wald (Midcoast Villager)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Carl Sheline (Maine Mayors Coalition)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Mark Stodder (Cape Elizabeth)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Mark Stodder (Maine Press Association)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Phil Tucker (York Sewer District)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Harris Van Pate (Maine Policy Institute)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Anthony Wilson (Town of Winthrop)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 21, 2026 by Riley Worth (AARP)PDF
- James Kossuth, Town of Northport (Written) - SLG 01/20/2026 03:42 PM
- Dan Marks, MEWEA (Written) - SLG 01/20/2026 02:47 PM
- Mayor Mark Dion, City of Portland (Written) - SLG 01/20/2026 05:11 PM
- Phil Tucker, York Sewer District (Written) - SLG 01/14/2026 10:53 AM
- Rebecca and Peter Irving, Northfield (Written) - SLG 01/17/2026 07:09 AM
- Mark Stodder, Maine Press Association (Written) - SLG 01/19/2026 04:02 PM
- Phillip Crowell, Jr., Maine Service Centers Coalition (Written) - SLG 01/21/2026 10:44 AM
- Colleen Brown, Whiting (Written) - SLG 01/13/2026 06:25 AM
- Dan MacLeod, Maine Press Association (Written) - SLG 01/19/2026 10:22 PM
- Sass Borodkin, Skowhegan (Written) - SLG 01/21/2026 01:44 PM
- John Roberts, Newcastle (Written) - SLG 01/18/2026 10:20 AM
- Joe Oliva, Maine Broadband Coalition (Speaking Against) - SLG 01/20/2026 05:19 PM
- Harris Van Pate, Maine Policy Institute (Written) - SLG 01/20/2026 02:35 PM
- Scott Firmin, Portland Water District (Written) - SLG 01/13/2026 09:40 AM
- Riley Worth, AARP (Written) - SLG 01/20/2026 12:00 PM
- Carl Sheline, Maine Mayors Coalition (Written) - SLG 01/21/2026 10:31 AM
Sources
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ld=2042&SessionID=16
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280100919
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/subjects.asp?ID=280100919
- https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=2042&PID=1456&snum=132
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280100919
- https://legislature.maine.gov/ctl/SLG/01-21-2026?panel=0&time=0&sortdir=0&sortby=2

