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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Implement A Presidential Primary System In Maine"
+description: "An Act To Implement A Presidential Primary System In Maine"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "129"
+identifier: "LD 1626"
+citation: "Maine LD 1626 (129)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "PRESIDENTIAL", "PRIMARY IMPLEMENTED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Louis LUCHINI"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-04-23"
+last_action: "2019-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59383bdb-9bd5-48ff-89df-57ecd56a769f"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073527"
+source_hash: "cc4586bd8f64f5248c6d7124630dc053d65e1e787c1e50be551335693479f8fc"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
+---
+
+# Maine LD 1626 (129) — An Act To Implement A Presidential Primary System In Maine
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0523&item=2&snum=129)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0523&item=1&snum=129)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0523&item=4&snum=129)
+4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0523&item=3&snum=129)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACC REPORT 'A' OTP AS AMEND — **88–53** (pass) · lower
+- ACCEPT RPT 'A' OTP-A — **19–13** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Louis LUCHINI — primary (person)
+- Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
+- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
+- David MIRAMANT — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffrey EVANGELOS — cosponsor (person)
+- Lisa KEIM — cosponsor (person)
+- MaryAnne KINNEY — cosponsor (person)
+- Michelle DUNPHY — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert ALLEY — cosponsor (person)
+- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-23** Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2019-04-23** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-23** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-03** Reports Read
+- **2019-06-03** On motion by Senator LUCHINI of Hancock Report A Ought to Pass as Amended ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-06-03** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 179 Yeas 19 - Nays 13 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
+- **2019-06-03** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-03** Committee Amendment "A" (S-186) READ and ADOPTED
+- **2019-06-03** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-186) `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-03** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2019-06-04** Reports READ.
+- **2019-06-04** On motion of Representative SCHNECK of Bangor, REPORT A Ought to Pass as Amended was ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-06-04** ROLL CALL NO. 175
+- **2019-06-04** (Yeas 88 - Nays 53 - Absent 7 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
+- **2019-06-04** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-04** Committee Amendment "A" (S-186) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2019-06-04** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2019-06-04** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-186).
+- **2019-06-04** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2019-06-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-06** On motion by Senator SANBORN, L. of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
+- **2019-06-19** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
+- **2019-06-19** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-06-20** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59383bdb-9bd5-48ff-89df-57ecd56a769f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+