---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Allow A Member Of The Town Of Perham Select Board To Facilitate The Election To Vacant Seats On The Select Board And To Approve And Sign Disbursement Warrants"
description: "An Act To Allow A Member Of The Town Of Perham Select Board To Facilitate The Election To Vacant Seats On The Select Board And To Approve And Sign Disbursement Warrants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2288"
citation: "Maine LD 2288 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MUNICIPAL OFFICERS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PERHAM SELECTBOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-04-09"
last_action: "2024-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8528898-3512-435c-aa7c-fc06805d93ac"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280092971"
source_hash: "7a0e6cd939ab7416efeedbe5a4ca8b12e5ba4a19ad86ff6eaa91d2b0dfb08d18"
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 2288 (131) — An Act To Allow A Member Of The Town Of Perham Select Board To Facilitate The Election To Vacant Seats On The Select Board And To Approve And Sign Disbursement Warrants

## Version chain

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

1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP1001&item=1&snum=131)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP1001&item=2&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-09** Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT suggested and ordered printed
- **2024-04-09** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-04-09** READ TWICE and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, without reference to a Committee. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-09** Sent down for concurrence
- **2024-04-09** Under suspension of the rules and WITHOUT REFERENCE to a Committee, the Bill was READ TWICE and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-09** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-10** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2024-04-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-04-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-04-16** 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/f8528898-3512-435c-aa7c-fc06805d93ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).