---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Create An Automatic Voter Registration System"
description: "An Act To Create An Automatic Voter Registration System"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1463"
citation: "Maine LD 1463 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "REGISTRATION OF VOTERS", "AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sara GIDEON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-02"
last_action: "2019-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2be821f-ad8d-4e27-8aba-3cc4199c1792"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072915"
source_hash: "01911b0aaa00f22f4deed33b1853d118d8927729cf6e6430dde3812983868239"
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 1463 (129) — An Act To Create An Automatic Voter Registration System

## 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=HP1070&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1070&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1070&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **88–56** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **19–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sara GIDEON — primary (person)
- Bruce BICKFORD — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher KESSLER — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Dana DOW — cosponsor (person)
- Erik JORGENSEN — cosponsor (person)
- John SCHNECK — cosponsor (person)
- Justin CHENETTE — cosponsor (person)
- Kent ACKLEY — cosponsor (person)
- Kristen CLOUTIER — cosponsor (person)
- Louis LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
- Shenna BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-02** Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-04-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** Reports READ.
- **2019-06-05** On motion of Representative SCHNECK of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-05** ROLL CALL NO. 181
- **2019-06-05** (Yeas 88 - Nays 56 - Absent 4 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
- **2019-06-05** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-05** Committee Amendment "A" (H-458) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-05** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-06-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-458).
- **2019-06-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-06** Reports READ
- **2019-06-06** Senator LUCHINI of Hancock moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
- **2019-06-06** On further motion by same Senator TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending his motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report,
- **2019-06-10** Taken from the table by the President
- **2019-06-10** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2019-06-10** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 238 Yeas 19 - Nays 14 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2019-06-10** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-06-10** Committee Amendment "A" (H-458) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-06-10** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-458) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2019-06-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-19** 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/a2be821f-ad8d-4e27-8aba-3cc4199c1792`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).