---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Modify Ranked-Choice Voting With Regard To Candidates Who Withdraw From An Election"
description: "An Act To Modify Ranked-Choice Voting With Regard To Candidates Who Withdraw From An Election"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 911"
citation: "Maine LD 911 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "RANKED-CHOICE VOTING", "VOTING PROCEDURES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael TIPPING"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-05"
last_action: "2025-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61f2cea9-c9a8-4081-861e-ebbf0891c47e"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097188"
source_hash: "45a7bc942ea24bc49dd5c4800a3f71eaec53d434ec7dc8437dcd7b00b32ec0df"
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 911 (132) — An Act To Modify Ranked-Choice Voting With Regard To Candidates Who Withdraw From An Election

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-333)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0401&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment S-A to C-A (S-378)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0401&item=4&snum=132)
3. **Chapter 363** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0401&item=5&snum=132)
4. **LD 911 SP 401** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0401&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **74–68** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **21–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael TIPPING — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 5, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, 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.
- **2025-06-11** Reports READ
- **2025-06-11** On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT.
- **2025-06-13** TAKEN from the Table by the President.
- **2025-06-13** Reports READ
- **2025-06-13** On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED PREVAILED
- **2025-06-13** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 531 Yeas 21 - Nays 13 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-13** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-333) READ.
- **2025-06-13** On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec Senate Amendment "A" (S-378) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-333) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-333) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-378) thereto ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-333)AS AMENDED BYSenate Amendment "A" (S-378) . thereto `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-13** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-06-13** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-13** On motion of Representative SUPICA of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-13** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-333) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-13** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-333) was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** Senate Amendment "A" (S-378) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-333) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-13** ROLL CALL NO. 502
- **2025-06-13** (Yeas 74 - Nays 68 - Absent 7 - Excused 2)
- **2025-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-333) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-378) thereto was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-333) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-378) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-13** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-06-10T04:00:00+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/61f2cea9-c9a8-4081-861e-ebbf0891c47e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).