---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Implement A Presidential Primary System In Maine"
description: "An Act To Implement A Presidential Primary System In Maine"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1626"
citation: "Maine LD 1626 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "PRESIDENTIAL", "PRIMARY IMPLEMENTED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Louis LUCHINI"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-23"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59383bdb-9bd5-48ff-89df-57ecd56a769f"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073527"
source_hash: "cc4586bd8f64f5248c6d7124630dc053d65e1e787c1e50be551335693479f8fc"
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 1626 (129) — An Act To Implement A Presidential Primary System In Maine

## 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=SP0523&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0523&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0523&item=4&snum=129)
4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0523&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACC REPORT 'A' OTP AS AMEND — **88–53** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT RPT 'A' OTP-A — **19–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Louis LUCHINI — primary (person)
- Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- David MIRAMANT — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey EVANGELOS — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa KEIM — cosponsor (person)
- MaryAnne KINNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle DUNPHY — cosponsor (person)
- Robert ALLEY — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-23** Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-04-23** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-03** Reports Read
- **2019-06-03** On motion by Senator LUCHINI of Hancock Report A Ought to Pass as Amended ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-03** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 179 Yeas 19 - Nays 13 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
- **2019-06-03** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-06-03** Committee Amendment "A" (S-186) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-06-03** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-186) `reading-2`
- **2019-06-03** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-06-04** Reports READ.
- **2019-06-04** On motion of Representative SCHNECK of Bangor, REPORT A Ought to Pass as Amended was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-04** ROLL CALL NO. 175
- **2019-06-04** (Yeas 88 - Nays 53 - Absent 7 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
- **2019-06-04** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-04** Committee Amendment "A" (S-186) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-04** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-06-04** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-186).
- **2019-06-04** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-06** On motion by Senator SANBORN, L. of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-19** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2019-06-19** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-20** 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/59383bdb-9bd5-48ff-89df-57ecd56a769f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).