---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Prohibit Taxpayer-Funded Campaign Expenditures From Being Used On Post-Election Parties"
description: "An Act To Prohibit Taxpayer-Funded Campaign Expenditures From Being Used On Post-Election Parties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 408"
citation: "Maine LD 408 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "CAMPAIGN FINANCE", "POST-CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["COLLINS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad1d22a4-84d8-404e-ad3f-205b4e9b06df"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063062"
source_hash: "f649b7d1c3b245ad8de3da45cae58bbf80e55ec87faf301ef9ff54916f1d8fbd"
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 408 (128) — An Act To Prohibit Taxpayer-Funded Campaign Expenditures From Being Used On Post-Election Parties

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/SP013501.asp)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COLLINS — primary (person)
- CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
- DILLINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
- FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
- HANINGTON — cosponsor (person)
- LONGSTAFF — cosponsor (person)
- LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
- MASON — cosponsor (person)
- SCHNECK — cosponsor (person)
- TURNER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-07** Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed
- **2017-02-07** REFERENCE to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS
- **2017-02-07** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-02-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-11** Reports READ
- **2017-04-11** On motion by Senator MASON of Androscoggin The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2017-04-11** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 60 Yeas 35 - Nays 0 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2017-04-11** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-04-11** Committee Amendment "A" (S-20) READ and ADOPTED
- **2017-04-11** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2017-04-13** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2017-04-13** READ A SECOND TIME And PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-20) `reading-2`
- **2017-04-13** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-04-18** Reports READ.
- **2017-04-18** On motion of Representative LUCHINI of Ellsworth, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2017-04-18** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-04-18** Committee Amendment "A" (S-20) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2017-04-18** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-20).
- **2017-04-18** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-04-28** 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/ad1d22a4-84d8-404e-ad3f-205b4e9b06df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).