---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish A Recall Process For Elected Officials In Plantations"
description: "An Act To Establish A Recall Process For Elected Officials In Plantations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 59"
citation: "Maine LD 59 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANTATIONS", "RECALL ELECTED OFFICIAL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael DEVIN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78985b21-bc85-4010-bee5-c5a30d67783d"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070747"
source_hash: "ecf4619a71b9d019ef04a23be975fc82e8bcc49897db5135252de5bf49937210"
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 59 (129) — An Act To Establish A Recall Process For Elected Officials In Plantations

## 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=HP0056&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0056&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0056&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Michael DEVIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-15** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-15** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-03-14** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-03-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-8).
- **2019-03-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-19** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2019-03-19** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Committee Amendment "A" (H-8) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-03-19** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2019-03-21** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2019-03-21** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-8), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-21** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-03-26** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-03-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-04-05** 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/78985b21-bc85-4010-bee5-c5a30d67783d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).