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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require Campaign Finance Reports For State And County Candidates Other Than Governor To Be Filed On The 42Nd Day Before Any Election"
description: "An Act To Require Campaign Finance Reports For State And County Candidates Other Than Governor To Be Filed On The 42Nd Day Before Any Election"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 255"
citation: "Maine LD 255 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAMPAIGN FINANCE", "ELECTIONS", "REPORTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthea DAUGHTRY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecf87183-ccc6-4060-977a-53baf7b74229"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085479"
source_hash: "4a6f13cb264e6321766d8ed1759ab651eab54de96c2cd04c7b2b9d108a6dc6b0"
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 255 (131) — An Act To Require Campaign Finance Reports For State And County Candidates Other Than Governor To Be Filed On The 42Nd Day Before Any Election
## 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=SP0121&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0121&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0121&item=3&snum=131)
## Votes
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **7864** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **238** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-24** 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
- **2023-01-24** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-06-12** Reports READ
- **2023-06-12** On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-06-12** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 291 Yeas 23 - Nays 8 - Excused 4 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2023-06-12** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-271) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-12** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-271) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** Sent down for concurrence
- **2023-06-13** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-13** On motion of Representative SUPICA of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-13** ROLL CALL NO. 200
- **2023-06-13** (Yeas 78 - Nays 64 - Absent 7 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)
- **2023-06-13** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-271) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-13** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-271). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ecf87183-ccc6-4060-977a-53baf7b74229`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).