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Bill An Act To Allow Municipalities To Use Ranked-Choice Voting In Municipal Elections An Act To Allow Municipalities To Use Ranked-Choice Voting In Municipal Elections us/states/me Maine Legislature 130 LD 859 Maine LD 859 (130)
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Maine LD 859 (130) — An Act To Allow Municipalities To Use Ranked-Choice Voting In Municipal Elections

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Adopted Amendments (committee substitute) — source
  2. Chaptered Law (committee substitute) — source
  3. Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
  4. Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — 1813 (pass) · upper
  • ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 7561 (pass) · lower
  • RECEDE AND CONCUR — 6963 (pass) · lower
  • Enactment — 7161 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Seth BERRY — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-03-10 Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
  • 2021-03-10 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. referral-committee
  • 2021-03-10 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  • 2021-03-10 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence referral-committee
  • 2021-03-30 Carried over, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
  • 2021-07-19 Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1302.
  • 2022-03-22 Reports READ.
  • 2022-03-22 On motion of Representative MATLACK of St. George, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
  • 2022-03-22 ROLL CALL NO. 473
  • 2022-03-22 (Yeas 75 - Nays 61 - Absent 12 - Excused 0 - Vacant 3)
  • 2022-03-22 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
  • 2022-03-22 Committee Amendment "A" (H-813) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
  • 2022-03-22 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
  • 2022-03-22 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-813). reading-3
  • 2022-03-22 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  • 2022-03-24 Reports READ
  • 2022-03-24 On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
  • 2022-03-29 Taken from the table by the President
  • 2022-03-29 On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
  • 2022-03-29 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 656 Yeas 18 - Nays 13 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
  • 2022-03-29 READ ONCE reading-1
  • 2022-03-29 Committee Amendment "A" (H-813) READ
  • 2022-03-29 On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot Senate Amendment "A" (S-456) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-813) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-29 Committee Amendment "A" (H-813) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-456) thereto ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-29 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-813) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-456) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE reading-2, reading-3
  • 2022-03-29 Sent down for concurrence
  • 2022-03-29 The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-813) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-456) thereto. reading-3
  • 2022-03-29 ROLL CALL NO. 499
  • 2022-03-29 (Yeas 69 - Nays 63 - Absent 15 - Excused 0 - Vacant 4)
  • 2022-03-29 ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  • 2022-03-31 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
  • 2022-03-31 ROLL CALL NO. 510
  • 2022-03-31 (Yeas 71 - Nays 61 - Absent 15 - Excused 0 - Vacant 4)
  • 2022-03-31 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  • 2022-04-05 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
  • 2022-04-07 Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2021-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
  • 2021-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Requested
  • 2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Approved
  • 2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Reconsidered
  • 2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
  • 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Reconsidered - TABLED
  • 2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
  • 2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
  • 2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2035289b-9368-4c4e-96a9-64893c0dc1e0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).