---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Validate Certain Referendum Proceedings Conducted By The City Of South Portland"
description: "An Act To Validate Certain Referendum Proceedings Conducted By The City Of South Portland"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1483"
citation: "Maine LD 1483 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION", "SOUTH PORTLAND REFERENDUM", "STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne CARNEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-08"
last_action: "2025-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3872b5cc-2d68-448e-bfaa-f9fc5eb4e578"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098172"
source_hash: "af23b399d336718b5a433c990bdc1f00c742d5dab14ca2da7a3cdb5b2cfc8c28"
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 1483 (132) — An Act To Validate Certain Referendum Proceedings Conducted By The City Of South Portland

## Version chain

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

1. **ACTPS Chapter 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0601&item=3&snum=132)
2. **Amendment C-A (S-137)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0601&item=2&snum=132)
3. **LD 1483 SP 601** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0601&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Anne CARNEY — primary (person)
- Christopher KESSLER — cosponsor (person)
- Deqa DHALAC — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew BECK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-08** Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-04-08** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-27** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-27** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-27** Committee Amendment "A" (S-137) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-27** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-137). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-05-28** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-05-28** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-05-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-137). `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-29** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2025-05-29** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-05-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+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/3872b5cc-2d68-448e-bfaa-f9fc5eb4e578`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).