---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Make Ballot Questions Easier To Read And Understand For Maine Voters"
description: "An Act To Make Ballot Questions Easier To Read And Understand For Maine Voters"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 534"
citation: "Maine LD 534 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "BALLOTS", "BALLOT QUESTION LANGUAGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John ANDREWS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9de39431-2a94-4964-9f8c-d6f96d8e9576"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071411"
source_hash: "449bab6d6d51064ba1c3a7f8e6dc01659750d8314e4ac9c4170c54967166408e"
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 534 (129) — An Act To Make Ballot Questions Easier To Read And Understand For Maine Voters

## 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=HP0391&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0391&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0391&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ENACT-EMER 2/3 ELECT — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John ANDREWS — primary (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen DILLINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa KEIM — cosponsor (person)
- Louis LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
- Richard PICKETT — cosponsor (person)
- Scott STROM — 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`
- **2019-05-21** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-21** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-21** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-277).
- **2019-05-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-23** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-05-23** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-23** Committee Amendment "A" (H-277) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-277), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-05-28** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-05-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-29** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-18** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2019-06-18** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-18** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 325 Yeas 34 - Nays 0 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **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/9de39431-2a94-4964-9f8c-d6f96d8e9576`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).