republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/128/ld-408.md

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Maine LD 408 (128) — An Act To Prohibit Taxpayer-Funded Campaign Expenditures From Being Used On Post-Election Parties

Version chain

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

1. Initial Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• COLLINS — primary (person)
• CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
• DILLINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
• FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
• HANINGTON — cosponsor (person)
• LONGSTAFF — cosponsor (person)
• LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
• MASON — cosponsor (person)
• SCHNECK — cosponsor (person)
• TURNER — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-07 Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed
• 2017-02-07 REFERENCE to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS
• 2017-02-07 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2017-02-07 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. referral-committee
• 2017-02-07 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-04-11 Reports READ
• 2017-04-11 On motion by Senator MASON of Androscoggin The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
• 2017-04-11 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 60 Yeas 35 - Nays 0 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
• 2017-04-11 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2017-04-11 Committee Amendment "A" (S-20) READ and ADOPTED
• 2017-04-11 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2017-04-13 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2017-04-13 READ A SECOND TIME And PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-20) reading-2
• 2017-04-13 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2017-04-18 Reports READ.
• 2017-04-18 On motion of Representative LUCHINI of Ellsworth, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2017-04-18 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2017-04-18 Committee Amendment "A" (S-20) was READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2017-04-18 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2017-04-18 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-20).
• 2017-04-18 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-04-20 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2017-04-20 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-04-25 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2017-04-28 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ad1d22a4-84d8-404e-ad3f-205b4e9b06df. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).