---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Update The Voter Registration Process"
description: "An Act To Update The Voter Registration Process"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1126"
citation: "Maine LD 1126 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BALLOTS", "ELECTIONS", "REGISTRATION & COLLECTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Teresa PIERCE"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-18"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39c4ed22-c540-45f5-984d-36a7ab9d96a4"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079709"
source_hash: "4d3cb0d6522b7a7bd8fa3c206bbe36d6878d04232a7b518ba3a34c275c69ddef"
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 1126 (130) — An Act To Update The Voter Registration Process

## 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=HP0804&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0804&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0804&item=4&snum=130)
4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0804&item=3&snum=130)

## Votes

- ACCEPT RPT 'A' OTP-A — **22–12** (pass) · upper
- ACC REPORT 'A' OTP AS AMEND — **81–61** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Teresa PIERCE — primary (person)
- Barbara WOOD — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher CAIAZZO — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- John MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
- Louis LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen MORIARTY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18** Received by the Clerk of the House on March 18, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-03-18** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-06-09** Reports READ.
- **2021-06-09** On motion of Representative DUNPHY of Old Town, REPORT A Ought to Pass as Amended was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-09** ROLL CALL NO. 205
- **2021-06-09** (Yeas 81 - Nays 61 - Absent 9 - Excused 0)
- **2021-06-09** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09** Committee Amendment "A" (H-461) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-09** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-09** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-461). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-10** Reports READ
- **2021-06-10** On motion by Senator LUCHINI of Hancock Report A Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-461) ACCEPTED
- **2021-06-10** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 302 Yeas 22 - Nays 12 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2021-06-10** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-10** Committee Amendment "A" (H-461) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-10** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-461) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-14** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2021-07-02** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2021-07-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39c4ed22-c540-45f5-984d-36a7ab9d96a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).