---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding Contributing To Candidates And Political Action Committees"
description: "An Act Regarding Contributing To Candidates And Political Action Committees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1782"
citation: "Maine LD 1782 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAMPAIGN FINANCE", "CONTRIBUTION REGULATIONS", "ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Louis LUCHINI"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-07"
last_action: "2022-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92684c64-a688-4208-8e06-5900f32c9515"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082076"
source_hash: "92724e269c0a893cca9629617c9a2c3946f7ab6980fa0954f9c179d664288ed0"
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 1782 (130) — An Act Regarding Contributing To Candidates And Political Action Committees

## 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=SP0619&item=1&snum=130)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0619&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Louis LUCHINI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 7, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Reports READ and ACCEPTED
- **2022-03-09** Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass Report .
- **2022-03-09** On motion by Senator DAUGHTRY of Cumberland TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass Report .
- **2022-03-24** Taken from the table by the President
- **2022-03-24** Subsequently On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec Moved The Majority Ought to Pass Report Roll Call Ordered
- **2022-03-24** On motion by Senator BENNETT of Oxford Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Report
- **2022-03-31** Taken from the table by the President
- **2022-03-31** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED
- **2022-03-31** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2022-03-31** Under suspension of the Rules READ A SECOND TIME And PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-31** Sent down for concurrence
- **2022-04-05** Reports READ.
- **2022-04-05** On motion of Representative CAIAZZO of Scarborough, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2022-04-05** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-04-05** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2022-04-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2022-04-05** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-04-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92684c64-a688-4208-8e06-5900f32c9515`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).