---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Expressly Allow Nonprofit Corporations To Conduct Electronic Voting"
description: "An Act To Expressly Allow Nonprofit Corporations To Conduct Electronic Voting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 894"
citation: "Maine LD 894 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FREEDOM OF ACCESS", "PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS", "NONPROFITS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Geoffrey GRATWICK"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc81faaf-dd6c-4b10-96f8-c1e71497befd"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071904"
source_hash: "471564af722ee864afdf19b1b564369aed3e6d3856fbe59aa12b1d06a21cabf4"
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 894 (129) — An Act To Expressly Allow Nonprofit Corporations To Conduct Electronic Voting

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0260&item=1&snum=129)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0260&item=2&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Geoffrey GRATWICK — primary (person)
- Brian HUBBELL — cosponsor (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- Michael CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
- Paul DAVIS — cosponsor (person)
- Richard PICKETT — cosponsor (person)
- Scott CYRWAY — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria MORALES — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-02-19** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-21** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-05-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2019-05-23** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-23** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-23** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2019-05-23** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-29** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-05** 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/fc81faaf-dd6c-4b10-96f8-c1e71497befd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).