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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Ban The Use Of Leadership Political Action Committees For Personal Profit"
description: "An Act To Ban The Use Of Leadership Political Action Committees For Personal Profit"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 256"
citation: "Maine LD 256 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "CAMPAIGN FINANCE", "POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE FUNDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Justin CHENETTE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdb53a73-2480-43b4-997b-d128279e8285"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070960"
source_hash: "f6091faf6e8fe38c0df73d08a8bc2164b55c38b01fabc21e473f5028cbe0632e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---
# Maine LD 256 (129) — An Act To Ban The Use Of Leadership Political Action Committees For Personal Profit
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0068&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0068&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0068&item=3&snum=129)
## Votes
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **1360** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **330** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Justin CHENETTE — primary (person)
- John SCHNECK — cosponsor (person)
- Louis LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **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
- **2019-01-22** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-12** Reports Read
- **2019-03-12** On motion by Senator LUCHINI of Hancock the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
- **2019-03-12** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 23 Yeas 33 - Nays 0 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2019-03-12** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-03-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-6) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-03-12** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2019-03-14** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2019-03-14** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-6) `reading-2`
- **2019-03-14** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2019-03-19** Reports READ.
- **2019-03-19** On motion of Representative SCHNECK of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-03-19** ROLL CALL NO. 13
- **2019-03-19** (Yeas 136 - Nays 0 - Absent 13 - Excused 1 Vacant 1)
- **2019-03-19** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Committee Amendment "A" (S-6) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **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.
- **2019-03-19** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-6).
- **2019-03-19** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
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).