---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend Election Polling Place Candidate Restrictions"
description: "An Act To Amend Election Polling Place Candidate Restrictions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1702"
citation: "Maine LD 1702 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CANDIDATE RESTRICTIONS", "ELECTIONS", "POLLING PLACES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark COOPER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-17"
last_action: "2025-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/275eaf24-a3ce-422c-bc34-aa19c3b44365"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098605"
source_hash: "dc01ad0f9247db913d16b7392807195f34158d11cc8d21f62d2228b87cd13996"
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 1702 (132) — An Act To Amend Election Polling Place Candidate Restrictions

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (H-612)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1137&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 331** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1137&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1702 HP 1137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1137&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Mark COOPER — primary (person)
- Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara BAGSHAW — cosponsor (person)
- Caldwell JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- Chad PERKINS — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Dean CRAY — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- Randall HALL — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne PARRY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-17** Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2025-04-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-06-10** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-06-10** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-612). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-11** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2025-06-11** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-11** Committee Amendment "A" (H-612) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-11** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-612), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-11** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2025-06-11** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2025-06-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-17** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-06-10T04:00:00+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/275eaf24-a3ce-422c-bc34-aa19c3b44365`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).