---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Clarify Recounts In Municipal Elections"
description: "An Act To Clarify Recounts In Municipal Elections"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1476"
citation: "Maine LD 1476 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "MUNICIPAL", "RECOUNTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James HANDY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-04-02"
last_action: "2019-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8378814d-cc83-4e52-b8d5-84aa0c5febbb"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072953"
source_hash: "2e4da8cc70c6aff0494bd9c0c22dbdc5925b8ef7dee17febe39401286e692e57"
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 1476 (129) — An Act To Clarify Recounts In Municipal Elections

## Version chain

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

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1078&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1078&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1078&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- James HANDY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-02** Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-04-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-03** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-03** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-421).
- **2019-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-04** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-04** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-04** Committee Amendment "A" (H-421) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-04** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-421), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-04** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-06-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-13** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8378814d-cc83-4e52-b8d5-84aa0c5febbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).