---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend Certain Laws Governing Elections"
description: "An Act To Amend Certain Laws Governing Elections"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1904"
citation: "Maine LD 1904 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "VOTING PROCEDURES", "PROVISIONS REVISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Louis LUCHINI"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-12-24"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96a891fe-babe-4227-8e30-4a100f16f1fa"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280075737"
source_hash: "275c1c5f00aab2f3c1e00d08502625a46fec8d0cc97de5332e3aee46c4d9ede3"
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 1904 (129) — An Act To Amend Certain Laws Governing Elections

## 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=SP0656&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0656&item=6&snum=129)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0656&item=1&snum=129)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0656&item=4&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Louis LUCHINI — primary (person)
- Benjamin CHIPMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Brian HUBBELL — cosponsor (person)
- Denise TEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- John SCHNECK — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret CRAVEN — cosponsor (person)
- Mark BRYANT — cosponsor (person)
- Ned CLAXTON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-24** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 20, 2019 and REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Reports READ
- **2020-03-03** On motion by Senator LUCHINI of Hancock The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2020-03-03** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2020-03-03** Committee Amendment "A" (S-408) READ and ADOPTED
- **2020-03-03** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-408) `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** Sent down for concurrence
- **2020-03-05** Reports READ.
- **2020-03-05** Representative SCHNECK of Bangor moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
- **2020-03-05** On further motion of same Representative TABLED pending his motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
- **2020-03-05** Later today assigned.
- **2020-03-17** Speaker laid before the House
- **2020-03-17** the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2020-03-17** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-408) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2020-03-17** On motion of Representative SCHNECK of Bangor, House Amendment "A" (H-776) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2020-03-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-408) and House Amendment "A" (H-776).
- **2020-03-17** In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
- **2020-03-17** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-17** On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin The Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED With PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-408) AND House Amendment "A" (H-776) in concurrence
- **2020-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-03-18** 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/96a891fe-babe-4227-8e30-4a100f16f1fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).