---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Allow Clerks To Issue Absentee Ballots After The 3Rd Business Day Before Election Day To Voters Who Have A Nonphysical Disability And Voters Who Support A Person With A Disability"
description: "An Act To Allow Clerks To Issue Absentee Ballots After The 3Rd Business Day Before Election Day To Voters Who Have A Nonphysical Disability And Voters Who Support A Person With A Disability"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 886"
citation: "Maine LD 886 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABSENTEE VOTING", "ELECTIONS", "VOTERS WITH DISABILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laurie OSHER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-28"
last_action: "2023-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15905f26-6a16-4d93-92bf-1b48bb98213e"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086765"
source_hash: "8d9432e48e7e80d977456d7f0797c38050415f849c6dc6fb17d6d099df3a5b1a"
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 886 (131) — An Act To Allow Clerks To Issue Absentee Ballots After The 3Rd Business Day Before Election Day To Voters Who Have A Nonphysical Disability And Voters Who Support A Person With A Disability

## 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=HP0552&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0552&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0552&item=3&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **76–65** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Laurie OSHER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-28** Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-02-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-02-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-05-16** Reports READ.
- **2023-05-16** On motion of Representative SUPICA of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-16** ROLL CALL NO. 76
- **2023-05-16** (Yeas 76 - Nays 65 - Absent 9 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2023-05-16** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-16** Committee Amendment "A" (H-133) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-16** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-05-16** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-133). `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-18** Reports READ
- **2023-05-18** On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-05-18** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-05-18** Committee Amendment "A" (H-133) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-05-23** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-23** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-133), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2023-05-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-05** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-05-12T04:00:00+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/15905f26-6a16-4d93-92bf-1b48bb98213e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).