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ME LD412

Bill

Status

Passed

5/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Eleanor Sato

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Origin

House of Representatives

132nd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Prohibits the sale or offering for sale of self-administered sexual assault forensic evidence collection kits in Maine

  • Defines covered kits as materials marketed for collecting physical evidence of sexual assault by someone other than a licensed hospital or licensed health care practitioner

  • Evidence collected using these kits remains admissible in court proceedings despite the sales prohibition

  • Violations create a rebuttable presumption of violating the Maine Unfair Trade Practices Act

  • Signed into law as Public Law Chapter 138 on May 29, 2025

Legislative Description

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

Evidence

Last Action

PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

5/27/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/4/2025

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