---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Ensure Efficiency In Petitions Reviewed By The Secretary Of State By Clarifying Deadlines Related To Those Petitions"
description: "An Act To Ensure Efficiency In Petitions Reviewed By The Secretary Of State By Clarifying Deadlines Related To Those Petitions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 233"
citation: "Maine LD 233 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "PEOPLES VETO", "PETITIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laura SUPICA"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a8858e0-a9a4-434d-8415-8e90b34c5b09"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085451"
source_hash: "92d5e42cdd8690c8639f74aeda6a3ce0e45da08945c7eb4b2a9374021f33bc17"
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 233 (131) — An Act To Ensure Efficiency In Petitions Reviewed By The Secretary Of State By Clarifying Deadlines Related To Those Petitions

## 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=HP0154&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0154&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0154&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Laura SUPICA — primary (person)
- Aaron DANA — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin COLLINGS — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- Marc MALON — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan RIELLY — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-01-24** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-01-24** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-06-20** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-06-20** On OBJECTION of Representative SUPICA of Bangor REMOVED.
- **2023-06-20** The Committee Report was READ.
- **2023-06-20** On motion of Representative SUPICA of Bangor, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of the Committee Report.
- **2023-06-20** Later today assigned.
- **2023-06-22** Speaker laid before the House
- **2023-06-22** Subsequently, the Committee Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-22** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-22** Committee Amendment "A" (H-613) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-22** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-22** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-613) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-22** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2023-06-22** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-22** Committee Amendment "A" (H-613) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-22** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-613), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-22** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2023-06-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-28** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a8858e0-a9a4-434d-8415-8e90b34c5b09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).