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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Ban The Use Of Leadership Political Action Committees For Personal Profit"
+description: "An Act To Ban The Use Of Leadership Political Action Committees For Personal Profit"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "129"
+identifier: "LD 256"
+citation: "Maine LD 256 (129)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "CAMPAIGN FINANCE", "POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE FUNDS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Justin CHENETTE"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-22"
+last_action: "2019-04-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdb53a73-2480-43b4-997b-d128279e8285"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070960"
+source_hash: "f6091faf6e8fe38c0df73d08a8bc2164b55c38b01fabc21e473f5028cbe0632e"
+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 256 (129) — An Act To Ban The Use Of Leadership Political Action Committees For Personal Profit
+
+## 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=SP0068&item=2&snum=129)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0068&item=1&snum=129)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0068&item=3&snum=129)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **136–0** (pass) · lower
+- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Justin CHENETTE — primary (person)
+- John SCHNECK — cosponsor (person)
+- Louis LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
+- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-22** 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
+- **2019-01-22** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-03-12** Reports Read
+- **2019-03-12** On motion by Senator LUCHINI of Hancock the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
+- **2019-03-12** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 23 Yeas 33 - Nays 0 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
+- **2019-03-12** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-6) READ and ADOPTED
+- **2019-03-12** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
+- **2019-03-14** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-03-14** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-6) `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-14** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
+- **2019-03-19** Reports READ.
+- **2019-03-19** On motion of Representative SCHNECK of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-03-19** ROLL CALL NO. 13
+- **2019-03-19** (Yeas 136 - Nays 0 - Absent 13 - Excused 1 Vacant 1)
+- **2019-03-19** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-19** Committee Amendment "A" (S-6) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2019-03-19** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2019-03-19** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-6).
+- **2019-03-19** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-03-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2019-03-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-03-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2019-04-05** 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/bdb53a73-2480-43b4-997b-d128279e8285`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+