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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Ban The Use Of Leadership Political Action Committees For Personal Profit"
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description: "An Act To Ban The Use Of Leadership Political Action Committees For Personal Profit"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "129"
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identifier: "LD 256"
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citation: "Maine LD 256 (129)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "CAMPAIGN FINANCE", "POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE FUNDS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Justin CHENETTE"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-01-22"
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last_action: "2019-04-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdb53a73-2480-43b4-997b-d128279e8285"
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source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070960"
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source_hash: "f6091faf6e8fe38c0df73d08a8bc2164b55c38b01fabc21e473f5028cbe0632e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
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---
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# Maine LD 256 (129) — An Act To Ban The Use Of Leadership Political Action Committees For Personal Profit
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0068&item=2&snum=129)
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2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0068&item=1&snum=129)
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3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0068&item=3&snum=129)
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## Votes
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- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **136–0** (pass) · lower
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- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Justin CHENETTE — primary (person)
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- John SCHNECK — cosponsor (person)
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- Louis LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
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- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-22** 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
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- **2019-01-22** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-03-12** Reports Read
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- **2019-03-12** On motion by Senator LUCHINI of Hancock the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
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- **2019-03-12** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 23 Yeas 33 - Nays 0 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
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- **2019-03-12** READ ONCE `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-6) READ and ADOPTED
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- **2019-03-12** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
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- **2019-03-14** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
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- **2019-03-14** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-6) `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-14** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
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- **2019-03-19** Reports READ.
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- **2019-03-19** On motion of Representative SCHNECK of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
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- **2019-03-19** ROLL CALL NO. 13
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- **2019-03-19** (Yeas 136 - Nays 0 - Absent 13 - Excused 1 Vacant 1)
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- **2019-03-19** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-19** Committee Amendment "A" (S-6) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
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- **2019-03-19** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
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- **2019-03-19** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-6).
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- **2019-03-19** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-03-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2019-03-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-03-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2019-04-05** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdb53a73-2480-43b4-997b-d128279e8285`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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