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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Amend The Election Laws"
+description: "An Act To Amend The Election Laws"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "130"
+identifier: "LD 1830"
+citation: "Maine LD 1830 (130)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BALLOTS", "ELECTIONS", "PROVISIONS REVISED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Louis LUCHINI"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-12-20"
+last_action: "2022-04-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e779dd9f-2eec-40df-8b9c-719e35e8b213"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082180"
+source_hash: "d467c83ff8a0b96a21f1d981abcfb21a832ebc37cea0515815b5ed978c244b64"
+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 1830 (130) — An Act To Amend The Election Laws
+
+## 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=SP0647&item=2&snum=130)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0647&item=1&snum=130)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0647&item=3&snum=130)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **22–12** (pass) · upper
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **77–55** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Louis LUCHINI — primary (person)
+- Barbara WOOD — cosponsor (person)
+- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
+- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
+- Laura SUPICA — cosponsor (person)
+- Morgan RIELLY — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick COREY — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-12-20** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 20, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-29** Reports READ
+- **2022-03-29** On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
+- **2022-03-29** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 652 Yeas 22 - Nays 12 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
+- **2022-03-29** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2022-03-29** Committee Amendment "A" (S-462) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-29** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-462) `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2022-03-29** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2022-03-31** Reports READ.
+- **2022-03-31** On motion of Representative RIELLY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2022-03-31** ROLL CALL NO. 502
+- **2022-03-31** (Yeas 77 - Nays 55 - Absent 15 - Excused 0 - Vacant 4)
+- **2022-03-31** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2022-03-31** Committee Amendment "A" (S-462) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2022-03-31** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2022-03-31** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-462). `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-31** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2022-03-31** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2022-03-31** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2022-04-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2022-04-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
+- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e779dd9f-2eec-40df-8b9c-719e35e8b213`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+