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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Prohibit Payment Per Signature On Petitions For Direct Initiatives And People'S Veto Referendums"
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description: "An Act To Prohibit Payment Per Signature On Petitions For Direct Initiatives And People'S Veto Referendums"
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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 499"
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citation: "Maine LD 499 (129)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "CITIZEN INITIATIVES", "SIGNATURE PAYMENTS PROHIBITED"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Stacey GUERIN"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2019-01-31"
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last_action: "2019-06-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c60e306b-04a0-44cb-8a5f-c2e58fab4f76"
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source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071338"
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source_hash: "1fd5ea19baf84f359a92f0a9d0239d9864c2e3ced1c9cfa9d538449be54ac626"
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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 499 (129) — An Act To Prohibit Payment Per Signature On Petitions For Direct Initiatives And People'S Veto Referendums
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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=SP0164&item=2&snum=129)
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2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0164&item=1&snum=129)
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3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0164&item=3&snum=129)
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## Sponsors
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- Stacey GUERIN — primary (person)
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- Brian HUBBELL — cosponsor (person)
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- Janice COOPER — cosponsor (person)
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- John SCHNECK — cosponsor (person)
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- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
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- Kent ACKLEY — cosponsor (person)
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- Louis LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
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- Scott CYRWAY — cosponsor (person)
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- Scott STROM — cosponsor (person)
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- Sheldon HANINGTON — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-31** 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
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- **2019-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-31** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-06-07** Reports Read
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- **2019-06-07** On motion by Senator LUCHINI of Hancock the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
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- **2019-06-07** READ ONCE `reading-1`
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- **2019-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-232) READ and ADOPTED
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- **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`
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- **2019-06-07** Sent down for concurrence
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- **2019-06-10** Reports READ.
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- **2019-06-10** On motion of Representative SCHNECK of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
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- **2019-06-10** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2019-06-10** Committee Amendment "A" (S-232) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
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- **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.
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- **2019-06-10** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-232).
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- **2019-06-10** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-06-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2019-06-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-06-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2019-06-21** 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/c60e306b-04a0-44cb-8a5f-c2e58fab4f76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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