---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Recounts In Municipal Elections"
description: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Recounts In Municipal Elections"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1989"
citation: "Maine LD 1989 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "MUNICIPAL", "RECOUNTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nathan LIBBY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-02-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65378751-7ea8-4584-8d52-cfcb9eeb12cf"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280075848"
source_hash: "0356f76e433fa77de34d958d2581377feb8c025ba628d1690de907a777fb2752"
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 1989 (129) — An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Recounts In Municipal 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=SP0691&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0691&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0691&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Nathan LIBBY — primary (person)
- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2020-01-08** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-01-30** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2020-01-30** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** Committee Amendment "A" (S-375) READ and ADOPTED
- **2020-01-30** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2020-02-04** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2020-02-04** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-375) `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2020-02-06** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2020-02-06** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2020-02-06** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-375).
- **2020-02-06** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-02-11** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2020-02-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-02-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-02-14** 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/65378751-7ea8-4584-8d52-cfcb9eeb12cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).