republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/129/ld-499.md

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Bill	An Act To Prohibit Payment Per Signature On Petitions For Direct Initiatives And People'S Veto Referendums	An Act To Prohibit Payment Per Signature On Petitions For Direct Initiatives And People'S Veto Referendums	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 499	Maine LD 499 (129)	bill	ELECTIONS CITIZEN INITIATIVES SIGNATURE PAYMENTS PROHIBITED	enacted	Stacey GUERIN	3	20	0	2019-01-31	2019-06-21	openstates	ocd-bill/c60e306b-04a0-44cb-8a5f-c2e58fab4f76	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071338	1fd5ea19baf84f359a92f0a9d0239d9864c2e3ced1c9cfa9d538449be54ac626	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 499 (129) — An Act To Prohibit Payment Per Signature On Petitions For Direct Initiatives And People'S Veto Referendums

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

Sponsors

• Stacey GUERIN — primary (person)
• Brian HUBBELL — cosponsor (person)
• Janice COOPER — cosponsor (person)
• John SCHNECK — cosponsor (person)
• Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
• Kent ACKLEY — cosponsor (person)
• Louis LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
• Scott CYRWAY — cosponsor (person)
• Scott STROM — cosponsor (person)
• Sheldon HANINGTON — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-31 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
• 2019-01-31 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. referral-committee
• 2019-01-31 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-06-07 Reports Read
• 2019-06-07 On motion by Senator LUCHINI of Hancock the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
• 2019-06-07 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2019-06-07 Committee Amendment "A" (S-232) READ and ADOPTED
• 2019-06-07 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-232) reading-2
• 2019-06-07 Sent down for concurrence
• 2019-06-10 Reports READ.
• 2019-06-10 On motion of Representative SCHNECK of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2019-06-10 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2019-06-10 Committee Amendment "A" (S-232) was READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2019-06-10 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2019-06-10 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-232).
• 2019-06-10 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 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
• 2019-06-21 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c60e306b-04a0-44cb-8a5f-c2e58fab4f76. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).