---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding Campaign Finance Reform"
description: "An Act Regarding Campaign Finance Reform"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1417"
citation: "Maine LD 1417 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAMPAIGN FINANCE", "ELECTIONS", "REFORM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Louis LUCHINI"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-08"
last_action: "2021-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0b6d9db-6560-4225-ad2a-03e25559fa0e"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280080295"
source_hash: "33251ee5a518347d311f96f1120bb9eb89c546850fce1372998fe40c59adb3e0"
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 1417 (130) — An Act Regarding Campaign Finance Reform

## 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=SP0467&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0467&item=5&snum=130)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0467&item=1&snum=130)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0467&item=3&snum=130)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **24–10** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **80–62** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Louis LUCHINI — primary (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on April 8, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** Reports READ
- **2021-06-09** On motion by Senator LUCHINI of Hancock Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
- **2021-06-10** Taken from the table by the President
- **2021-06-10** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2021-06-10** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 319 Yeas 24 - Nays 10 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2021-06-10** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-10** Committee Amendment "A" (S-210) READ
- **2021-06-10** On motion by Senator LUCHINI of Hancock Senate Amendment "A" (S-233) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-210) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-10** Committee Amendment "A" (S-210) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-233) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-10** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-210) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-233) thereto `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-10** Sent down for concurrence
- **2021-06-14** Reports READ.
- **2021-06-14** On motion of Representative CAIAZZO of Scarborough, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-14** ROLL CALL NO. 250
- **2021-06-14** (Yeas 80 - Nays 62 - Absent 9 - Excused 0)
- **2021-06-14** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-210) was READ.
- **2021-06-14** Senate Amendment "A" (S-233) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-210) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-210) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-233) thereto was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-14** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-210) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-233) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2021-06-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-17** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered
- **2021-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+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/e0b6d9db-6560-4225-ad2a-03e25559fa0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).