republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/129/ld-1463.md

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Bill	An Act To Create An Automatic Voter Registration System	An Act To Create An Automatic Voter Registration System	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 1463	Maine LD 1463 (129)	bill	ELECTIONS REGISTRATION OF VOTERS AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION	enacted	Sara GIDEON	3	26	2	2019-04-02	2019-06-19	openstates	ocd-bill/a2be821f-ad8d-4e27-8aba-3cc4199c1792	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072915	01911b0aaa00f22f4deed33b1853d118d8927729cf6e6430dde3812983868239	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1463 (129) — An Act To Create An Automatic Voter Registration System

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

• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 88–56 (pass) · lower
• ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — 19–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Sara GIDEON — primary (person)
• Bruce BICKFORD — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher KESSLER — cosponsor (person)
• Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
• Dana DOW — cosponsor (person)
• Erik JORGENSEN — cosponsor (person)
• John SCHNECK — cosponsor (person)
• Justin CHENETTE — cosponsor (person)
• Kent ACKLEY — cosponsor (person)
• Kristen CLOUTIER — cosponsor (person)
• Louis LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
• Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
• Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
• Shenna BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)
• Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-04-02 Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
• 2019-04-02 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. referral-committee
• 2019-04-02 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-04-02 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence referral-committee
• 2019-06-05 Reports READ.
• 2019-06-05 On motion of Representative SCHNECK of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2019-06-05 ROLL CALL NO. 181
• 2019-06-05 (Yeas 88 - Nays 56 - Absent 4 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
• 2019-06-05 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2019-06-05 Committee Amendment "A" (H-458) was READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2019-06-05 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2019-06-05 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-458).
• 2019-06-05 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-06-06 Reports READ
• 2019-06-06 Senator LUCHINI of Hancock moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
• 2019-06-06 On further motion by same Senator TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending his motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report,
• 2019-06-10 Taken from the table by the President
• 2019-06-10 Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
• 2019-06-10 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 238 Yeas 19 - Nays 14 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
• 2019-06-10 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2019-06-10 Committee Amendment "A" (H-458) READ and ADOPTED
• 2019-06-10 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-458) in concurrence reading-2
• 2019-06-11 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2019-06-11 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-06-11 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-06-19 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a2be821f-ad8d-4e27-8aba-3cc4199c1792. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).