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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Extend A One-Year Lobbying Prohibition To Partisan And Nonpartisan Staff Of The Legislature"
+description: "An Act To Extend A One-Year Lobbying Prohibition To Partisan And Nonpartisan Staff Of The Legislature"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "132"
+identifier: "LD 1576"
+citation: "Maine LD 1576 (132)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["FORMER LEGISLATIVE STAFF", "LEGISLATURE", "LOBBYISTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Morgan RIELLY"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-04-10"
+last_action: "2025-06-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9593e2b9-3752-4ebb-9490-de1913912206"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098404"
+source_hash: "8684b9732cf6b58f4871da71933c3a0e1e3f555734e0d7b3b76c5d03d7ca4a1d"
+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 1576 (132) — An Act To Extend A One-Year Lobbying Prohibition To Partisan And Nonpartisan Staff Of The Legislature
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter 185** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1034&item=3&snum=132)
+2. **LD 1576 HP 1034** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1034&item=1&snum=132)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP — **115–28** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Morgan RIELLY — primary (person)
+- Anne GRAHAM — cosponsor (person)
+- Benjamin HYMES — cosponsor (person)
+- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
+- Daniel ANKELES — cosponsor (person)
+- David BOYER — cosponsor (person)
+- Laura SUPICA — cosponsor (person)
+- Nathan CARLOW — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)
+- Sharon FROST — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-04-10** Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
+- **2025-04-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2025-04-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-20** Reports READ.
+- **2025-05-20** On motion of Representative SUPICA of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2025-05-20** ROLL CALL NO. 156
+- **2025-05-20** (Yeas 115 - Nays 28 - Absent 7 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
+- **2025-05-20** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2025-05-20** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2025-05-20** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2025-05-21** Reports Read
+- **2025-05-21** On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED.
+- **2025-05-21** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2025-05-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2025-05-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2025-05-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2025-06-08** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
+- **2025-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
+- **2025-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2025-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2025-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP/ONTP
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9593e2b9-3752-4ebb-9490-de1913912206`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+