republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/130/ld-1779.md

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Bill	An Act To Protect Election Integrity By Regulating Possession Of Ballots And Voting Machines And Devices	An Act To Protect Election Integrity By Regulating Possession Of Ballots And Voting Machines And Devices	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	130	LD 1779	Maine LD 1779 (130)	bill	BALLOTS CUSTODY AND CONTROL ELECTIONS	enacted	Teresa PIERCE	3	25	2	2021-11-30	2022-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/b50a96ff-52e2-4620-978b-3089ac1ab9a8	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280081993	f68ccb5880c49c74c20df7c828e168e9b31a205cd2704513b7a11bd1d924cb2f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1779 (130) — An Act To Protect Election Integrity By Regulating Possession Of Ballots And Voting Machines And Devices

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

Votes

• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 76–55 (pass) · lower
• ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — 23–11 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Teresa PIERCE — primary (person)
• Barbara WOOD — cosponsor (person)
• Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
• Louis LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
• Morgan RIELLY — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen MORIARTY — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-11-30 Received by the Clerk of the House on November 30, 2021. receipt
• 2021-11-30 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. referral-committee
• 2022-03-09 Reports READ.
• 2022-03-09 On motion of Representative CAIAZZO of Scarborough, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2022-03-09 ROLL CALL NO. 466
• 2022-03-09 (Yeas 76 - Nays 55 - Absent 17 - Excused 0 - Vacant 3)
• 2022-03-09 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2022-03-09 Committee Amendment "A" (H-791) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2022-03-09 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2022-03-09 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-791). reading-3
• 2022-03-09 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2022-03-22 Reports Read
• 2022-03-22 On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
• 2022-03-22 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 621 Yeas 23 - Nays 11 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
• 2022-03-22 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2022-03-22 Committee Amendment "A" (H-791) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-22 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-791) in concurrence reading-2, reading-3
• 2022-03-24 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2022-03-24 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2022-03-29 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2022-03-31 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b50a96ff-52e2-4620-978b-3089ac1ab9a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).