---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Improve The Reporting Of Grassroots Lobbying"
description: "An Act To Improve The Reporting Of Grassroots Lobbying"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1868"
citation: "Maine LD 1868 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOBBYISTS", "PROCEDURES", "GRASSROOTS REPORTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Louis LUCHINI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef3214d9-844d-4543-967e-bbc83e8412ff"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280075650"
source_hash: "c65d874cfcc9fb2b17382eb4a3a91a7cb08e130738c66c9e20d12ee412444077"
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 1868 (129) — An Act To Improve The Reporting Of Grassroots Lobbying

## 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=SP0640&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0640&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0640&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Louis LUCHINI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 19, 2019 and REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Reports Read
- **2020-02-25** On motion by Senator LUCHINI of Hancock the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2020-02-25** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-397) READ and ADOPTED
- **2020-02-25** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2020-02-27** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2020-02-27** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-397) `reading-2`
- **2020-02-27** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2020-03-03** Reports READ.
- **2020-03-03** On motion of Representative SCHNECK of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2020-03-03** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-03** Committee Amendment "A" (S-397) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2020-03-03** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-397).
- **2020-03-03** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-03-17** 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/ef3214d9-844d-4543-967e-bbc83e8412ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).