---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Direct The Secretary Of State To Establish A Date Each Year For Voting By Absentee Ballot"
description: "An Act To Direct The Secretary Of State To Establish A Date Each Year For Voting By Absentee Ballot"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 158"
citation: "Maine LD 158 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABSENTEE VOTING", "ELECTIONS", "SCHEDULE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wayne PARRY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86849195-6227-4f9f-9726-dc34ee15b08f"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095766"
source_hash: "6c4c2067f93907a81e2fcd1cf1d24077295c2a01e1e218b1585210540f491e8b"
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 158 (132) — An Act To Direct The Secretary Of State To Establish A Date Each Year For Voting By Absentee Ballot

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (H-150)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0091&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 133** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0091&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 158 HP 91** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0091&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Wayne PARRY — primary (person)
- Ann FREDERICKS — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin HYMES — cosponsor (person)
- David BOYER — cosponsor (person)
- James WHITE — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina SMITH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2025-01-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-01-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-05-20** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-05-20** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-05-20** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-150). `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-21** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2025-05-21** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-21** Committee Amendment "A" (H-150) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-150), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2025-05-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-05-29** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-05-13T04:00:00+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/86849195-6227-4f9f-9726-dc34ee15b08f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).