---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Ensure Polling Place Security"
description: "An Act To Ensure Polling Place Security"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 419"
citation: "Maine LD 419 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "POLLING PLACES", "SECURITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morgan RIELLY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/941dabfd-8af6-4b94-a7a2-56d11dbba918"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085762"
source_hash: "f9a4b597008dbbaf519a8ce616412d184e692eddbc383b5f99b1720f1c4eb896"
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 419 (131) — An Act To Ensure Polling Place Security

## 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=HP0252&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0252&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0252&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Morgan RIELLY — primary (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Laura SUPICA — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- Stacy BRENNER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-02-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-02-02** 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.
- **2023-06-14** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-14** On motion of Representative SUPICA of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-14** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (H-509) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-14** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-509). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-15** Reports Read
- **2023-06-15** On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
- **2023-06-15** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-15** Committee Amendment "A" (H-509) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-509) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2023-06-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-20** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/941dabfd-8af6-4b94-a7a2-56d11dbba918`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).