republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-1148.md

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Bill	An Act To Improve Access To Absentee Ballots For Municipal Elections For Uniformed Service Voters And Overseas Voters	An Act To Improve Access To Absentee Ballots For Municipal Elections For Uniformed Service Voters And Overseas Voters	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 1148	Maine LD 1148 (132)	bill	ABSENTEE VOTING ELECTIONS OVERSEAS VOTERS	enacted	Daniel SHAGOURY	3	28	1	2025-03-18	2025-05-30	openstates	ocd-bill/9020762c-344c-44bd-a099-df368c975b4a	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097601	1722dbf58c180bf46b84f55d866f19fa9afae63cf570b689151a0cbac1ec055c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1148 (132) — An Act To Improve Access To Absentee Ballots For Municipal Elections For Uniformed Service Voters And Overseas Voters

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (H-188) (committee substitute) — source
2. Chapter 43 (committee substitute) — source
3. LD 1148 HP 753 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 144–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Daniel SHAGOURY — primary (person)
• Anne GRAHAM — cosponsor (person)
• Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
• Laura SUPICA — cosponsor (person)
• Marc MALON — cosponsor (person)
• Matt MOONEN — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-18 Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
• 2025-03-18 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. referral-committee
• 2025-03-18 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-03-18 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence referral-committee
• 2025-03-21 Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
• 2025-05-20 Reports READ.
• 2025-05-20 On motion of Representative SUPICA of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2025-05-20 ROLL CALL NO. 155
• 2025-05-20 (Yeas 144 - Nays 0 - Absent 6 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
• 2025-05-20 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-05-20 Committee Amendment "A" (H-188) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-05-20 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2025-05-20 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-188). reading-3
• 2025-05-20 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-05-21 Reports Read
• 2025-05-21 On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
• 2025-05-21 Bill READ ONCE reading-1
• 2025-05-21 Committee Amendment "A" (H-188) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-21 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-188) in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2025-05-27 FINALLY PASSED. passage
• 2025-05-27 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-05-27 FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. passage
• 2025-05-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2025-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2025-04-16T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-04-16T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9020762c-344c-44bd-a099-df368c975b4a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).