---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Allow Affirmation Of A Local Option Referendum By The Municipal Officers Or County Commissioners"
description: "An Act To Allow Affirmation Of A Local Option Referendum By The Municipal Officers Or County Commissioners"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1642"
citation: "Maine LD 1642 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "LIQUOR SALES", "LOCAL OPTION VOTING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Louis LUCHINI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-05-03"
last_action: "2021-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e16d8ab-add4-46a9-a0be-fa216cd341cc"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280080702"
source_hash: "287180db6e73490acf7fe5b66cedff6e4f1cc07445bb15e7734e5dcb3c890fb8"
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 1642 (130) — An Act To Allow Affirmation Of A Local Option Referendum By The Municipal Officers Or County Commissioners

## 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=SP0527&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0527&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0527&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Louis LUCHINI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on May 3, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2021-05-19** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-19** Committee Amendment "A" (S-107) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-05-19** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-107). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2021-06-02** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-06-02** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-06-02** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-107). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-02** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-03** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2021-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-05-19T04:00:00+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/7e16d8ab-add4-46a9-a0be-fa216cd341cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).