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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Allow Clerks To Issue Absentee Ballots After The 3Rd Business Day Before Election Day To Voters Who Have A Nonphysical Disability And Voters Who Support A Person With A Disability"
+description: "An Act To Allow Clerks To Issue Absentee Ballots After The 3Rd Business Day Before Election Day To Voters Who Have A Nonphysical Disability And Voters Who Support A Person With A Disability"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "131"
+identifier: "LD 886"
+citation: "Maine LD 886 (131)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ABSENTEE VOTING", "ELECTIONS", "VOTERS WITH DISABILITIES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Laurie OSHER"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-28"
+last_action: "2023-06-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15905f26-6a16-4d93-92bf-1b48bb98213e"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086765"
+source_hash: "8d9432e48e7e80d977456d7f0797c38050415f849c6dc6fb17d6d099df3a5b1a"
+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 886 (131) — An Act To Allow Clerks To Issue Absentee Ballots After The 3Rd Business Day Before Election Day To Voters Who Have A Nonphysical Disability And Voters Who Support A Person With A Disability
+
+## 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=HP0552&item=2&snum=131)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0552&item=1&snum=131)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0552&item=3&snum=131)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **76–65** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Laurie OSHER — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-28** Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
+- **2023-02-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-02-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
+- **2023-05-16** Reports READ.
+- **2023-05-16** On motion of Representative SUPICA of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2023-05-16** ROLL CALL NO. 76
+- **2023-05-16** (Yeas 76 - Nays 65 - Absent 9 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
+- **2023-05-16** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2023-05-16** Committee Amendment "A" (H-133) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2023-05-16** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2023-05-16** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-133). `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-05-18** Reports READ
+- **2023-05-18** On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
+- **2023-05-18** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2023-05-18** Committee Amendment "A" (H-133) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-18** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
+- **2023-05-23** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
+- **2023-05-23** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-133), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2023-05-23** Ordered sent down forthwith.
+- **2023-05-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2023-05-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-06-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2023-06-05** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2023-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2023-05-12T04:00:00+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/15905f26-6a16-4d93-92bf-1b48bb98213e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+