republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/129/ld-1209.md

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Bill	An Act To Require Legislative Hearings On Citizen-Initiated Legislation	An Act To Require Legislative Hearings On Citizen-Initiated Legislation	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 1209	Maine LD 1209 (129)	bill	ELECTIONS CITIZEN INITIATIVES PUBLIC HEARINGS	enacted	Richard BRADSTREET	3	18	1	2019-03-12	2019-05-23	openstates	ocd-bill/57e67c14-a003-4e85-a9c8-4e367596db70	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072396	65c082cd6cb9102403a05c140c49d40e6014ad6bf1376f67dc7d2a6f6c6a570a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1209 (129) — An Act To Require Legislative Hearings On Citizen-Initiated Legislation

Version chain

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

1. Adopted Amendments (committee substitute) — source
2. Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ENACTMENT — 32–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Richard BRADSTREET — primary (person)
• Amy ARATA — cosponsor (person)
• Dennis KESCHL — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
• Lawrence LOCKMAN — cosponsor (person)
• Richard CAMPBELL — cosponsor (person)
• William TUELL — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-12 Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
• 2019-03-12 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. referral-committee
• 2019-03-12 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-03-12 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence referral-committee
• 2019-05-07 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2019-05-07 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2019-05-07 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-204).
• 2019-05-07 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-05-08 Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
• 2019-05-08 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2019-05-08 Committee Amendment "A" (H-204) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-05-08 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-204), in concurrence. reading-2
• 2019-05-08 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2019-05-09 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2019-05-09 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-05-14 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-05-14 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 93 Yeas 32 - Nays 3 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
• 2019-05-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/57e67c14-a003-4e85-a9c8-4e367596db70. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).