---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing The Political Party Representation Of Election Clerks"
description: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing The Political Party Representation Of Election Clerks"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 514"
citation: "Maine LD 514 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "VOTING PROCEDURES", "ELECTION CLERKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John SCHNECK"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c01ed9b-8d3e-460d-a966-4915ce073f75"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071380"
source_hash: "dcfb7fe7894c488e5354fc05c142dff2f13b1ad4610df09b959ecd2d6f6ac406"
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 514 (129) — An Act To Amend The Laws Governing The Political Party Representation Of Election Clerks

## 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=HP0371&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0371&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0371&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- John SCHNECK — primary (person)
- Donna DOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Geoffrey GRATWICK — cosponsor (person)
- Janice COOPER — cosponsor (person)
- Michael SYLVESTER — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle DUNPHY — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)
- Roland MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria KORNFIELD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Reports READ.
- **2019-04-16** On motion of Representative SCHNECK of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-16** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Committee Amendment "A" (H-93) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-04-16** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-93).
- **2019-04-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-18** Reports Read
- **2019-04-18** On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-18** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-04-18** Committee Amendment "A" (H-93) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-04-18** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-93) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-04-30** 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/1c01ed9b-8d3e-460d-a966-4915ce073f75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).