republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-158.md

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Bill	An Act To Direct The Secretary Of State To Establish A Date Each Year For Voting By Absentee Ballot	An Act To Direct The Secretary Of State To Establish A Date Each Year For Voting By Absentee Ballot	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 158	Maine LD 158 (132)	bill	ABSENTEE VOTING ELECTIONS SCHEDULE	enacted	Wayne PARRY	3	21	0	2025-01-14	2025-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/86849195-6227-4f9f-9726-dc34ee15b08f	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095766	6c4c2067f93907a81e2fcd1cf1d24077295c2a01e1e218b1585210540f491e8b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 158 (132) — An Act To Direct The Secretary Of State To Establish A Date Each Year For Voting By Absentee Ballot

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (H-150) (committee substitute) — source
2. Chapter 133 (committee substitute) — source
3. LD 158 HP 91 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Wayne PARRY — primary (person)
• Ann FREDERICKS — cosponsor (person)
• Benjamin HYMES — cosponsor (person)
• David BOYER — cosponsor (person)
• James WHITE — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
• Katrina SMITH — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-14 Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
• 2025-01-14 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. referral-committee
• 2025-01-14 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-01-14 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 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2025-05-20 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2025-05-20 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-150). reading-3
• 2025-05-20 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-05-21 Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
• 2025-05-21 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-05-21 Committee Amendment "A" (H-150) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-05-21 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-150), in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2025-05-21 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2025-05-27 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2025-05-27 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-05-27 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2025-05-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2025-05-13T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/86849195-6227-4f9f-9726-dc34ee15b08f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).