---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Update The Campaign Finance Laws"
description: "An Act To Update The Campaign Finance Laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 2000"
citation: "Maine LD 2000 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAMPAIGN FINANCE", "ELECTIONS", "PROVISIONS REVISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig HICKMAN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-03"
last_action: "2026-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a0005a2-c532-4061-80c4-602b346b4383"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280100813"
source_hash: "c282de1720113c70a58eb05d166707f731c214ce8ecae5e0c3f08326906c7fb5"
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 2000 (132) — An Act To Update The Campaign Finance Laws

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-542)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0814&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 600** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0814&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 2000 SP 814** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0814&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Craig HICKMAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 3, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-17** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-542) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-17** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2026-03-18** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-18** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-542) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2026-03-18** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2026-03-19** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2026-03-19** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2026-03-19** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-542). `reading-3`
- **2026-03-19** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-24** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2026-03-24** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-03-24** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-04-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+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/2a0005a2-c532-4061-80c4-602b346b4383`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).