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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Make Ballot Questions Easier To Read And Understand For Maine Voters"
+description: "An Act To Make Ballot Questions Easier To Read And Understand For Maine Voters"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "129"
+identifier: "LD 534"
+citation: "Maine LD 534 (129)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "BALLOTS", "BALLOT QUESTION LANGUAGE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John ANDREWS"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-31"
+last_action: "2019-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9de39431-2a94-4964-9f8c-d6f96d8e9576"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071411"
+source_hash: "449bab6d6d51064ba1c3a7f8e6dc01659750d8314e4ac9c4170c54967166408e"
+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 534 (129) — An Act To Make Ballot Questions Easier To Read And Understand For Maine Voters
+
+## 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=HP0391&item=2&snum=129)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0391&item=1&snum=129)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0391&item=3&snum=129)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ENACT-EMER 2/3 ELECT — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John ANDREWS — primary (person)
+- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
+- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathleen DILLINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
+- Lisa KEIM — cosponsor (person)
+- Louis LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
+- Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
+- Nathan LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard PICKETT — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott STROM — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-31** Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
+- **2019-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-31** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-21** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
+- **2019-05-21** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
+- **2019-05-21** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-277).
+- **2019-05-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-05-23** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
+- **2019-05-23** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2019-05-23** Committee Amendment "A" (H-277) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2019-05-23** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-277), in concurrence. `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-23** Ordered sent down forthwith.
+- **2019-05-28** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
+- **2019-05-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2019-05-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-05-29** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
+- **2019-06-18** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
+- **2019-06-18** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-06-18** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 325 Yeas 34 - Nays 0 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
+- **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/9de39431-2a94-4964-9f8c-d6f96d8e9576`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+