---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Change Municipal Campaign Contribution Limits"
description: "An Act To Change Municipal Campaign Contribution Limits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 780"
citation: "Maine LD 780 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "CONTRIBUTIONS", "MUNICIPAL CANDIDATES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benjamin CHIPMAN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/863ac34b-c3e6-4288-8843-1478f43dbe89"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071736"
source_hash: "ff6fc7453652788a9f8f80c48b746dfa76ae33aac74b755a93c856ccc2fa8723"
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 780 (129) — An Act To Change Municipal Campaign Contribution Limits

## 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=SP0224&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0224&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0224&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **90–49** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benjamin CHIPMAN — primary (person)
- Brian HUBBELL — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Janice COOPER — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- Kent ACKLEY — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
- Scott CYRWAY — cosponsor (person)
- Sheldon HANINGTON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-02-12** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-28** Reports Read
- **2019-03-28** On motion by Senator LUCHINI of Hancock the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-03-28** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Committee Amendment "A" (S-21) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-03-28** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2019-04-02** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-02** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-21) `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2019-04-04** Reports READ.
- **2019-04-04** On motion of Representative SCHNECK of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-04** ROLL CALL NO. 35
- **2019-04-04** (Yeas 90 - Nays 49 - Absent 10 - Excused 1 Vacant 1)
- **2019-04-04** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Committee Amendment "A" (S-21) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-04-04** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-21).
- **2019-04-04** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-04-22** 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/863ac34b-c3e6-4288-8843-1478f43dbe89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).