republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/129/ld-1626.md

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Bill	An Act To Implement A Presidential Primary System In Maine	An Act To Implement A Presidential Primary System In Maine	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 1626	Maine LD 1626 (129)	bill	ELECTIONS PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY IMPLEMENTED	enacted	Louis LUCHINI	4	25	2	2019-04-23	2019-06-20	openstates	ocd-bill/59383bdb-9bd5-48ff-89df-57ecd56a769f	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073527	cc4586bd8f64f5248c6d7124630dc053d65e1e787c1e50be551335693479f8fc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1626 (129) — An Act To Implement A Presidential Primary System In Maine

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
4. Status In Committee (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACC REPORT 'A' OTP AS AMEND — 88–53 (pass) · lower
• ACCEPT RPT 'A' OTP-A — 19–13 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Louis LUCHINI — primary (person)
• Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
• Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
• David MIRAMANT — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey EVANGELOS — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa KEIM — cosponsor (person)
• MaryAnne KINNEY — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle DUNPHY — cosponsor (person)
• Robert ALLEY — cosponsor (person)
• Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-04-23 Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2019-04-23 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. referral-committee
• 2019-04-23 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-06-03 Reports Read
• 2019-06-03 On motion by Senator LUCHINI of Hancock Report A Ought to Pass as Amended ACCEPTED.
• 2019-06-03 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 179 Yeas 19 - Nays 13 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
• 2019-06-03 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2019-06-03 Committee Amendment "A" (S-186) READ and ADOPTED
• 2019-06-03 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-186) reading-2
• 2019-06-03 Sent down for concurrence
• 2019-06-04 Reports READ.
• 2019-06-04 On motion of Representative SCHNECK of Bangor, REPORT A Ought to Pass as Amended was ACCEPTED.
• 2019-06-04 ROLL CALL NO. 175
• 2019-06-04 (Yeas 88 - Nays 53 - Absent 7 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
• 2019-06-04 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2019-06-04 Committee Amendment "A" (S-186) was READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2019-06-04 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2019-06-04 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-186).
• 2019-06-04 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-06-05 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2019-06-05 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-06-06 On motion by Senator SANBORN, L. of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
• 2019-06-19 On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
• 2019-06-19 Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence passage
• 2019-06-20 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/59383bdb-9bd5-48ff-89df-57ecd56a769f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).