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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding The Voting Requirement To Extend The Date For Adjournment Of The Legislature"
description: "An Act Regarding The Voting Requirement To Extend The Date For Adjournment Of The Legislature"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1668"
citation: "Maine LD 1668 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADJOURNMENT", "ADMINISTRATION", "LEGISLATURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jill DUSON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-04-17"
last_action: "2026-01-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14f3b6a5-91b9-4ea8-a6cd-674916724b27"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098551"
source_hash: "698e94ed90bde0f54373f50ce9c3c5e79ee3b40ed84a6590d38b33ddc0784505"
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 1668 (132) — An Act Regarding The Voting Requirement To Extend The Date For Adjournment Of The Legislature
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment C-A (S-215)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0663&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 505** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0663&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1668 SP 663** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0663&item=1&snum=132)
## Votes
- PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED — **7372** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **2014** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **7271** (pass) · lower
- ENACTMENT — **7371** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jill DUSON — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-04-17** Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-04-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-02** Reports READ
- **2025-06-02** On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
- **2025-06-02** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 301 Yeas 20 - Nays 14 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-02** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-06-02** Committee Amendment "A" (S-215) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-02** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-215) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-02** Sent down for concurrence
- **2025-06-04** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-04** On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-04** ROLL CALL NO. 307
- **2025-06-04** (Yeas 72 - Nays 71 - Absent 8 - Excused 0)
- **2025-06-04** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-04** Committee Amendment "A" (S-215) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-04** Representative GREENWOOD of Wales OBJECTED to SUSPENDING THE RULES for the purpose of giving this Bill its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-04** LATER TODAY ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING.
- **2025-06-09** Committee on Bills in the Second Reading Reports no further verbal amendments necessary. Report Accepted.
- **2025-06-09** READ the Second Time.
- **2025-06-09** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-215). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-09** ROLL CALL NO. 380
- **2025-06-09** (Yeas 72 - Nays 71 - Absent 8 - Excused 0)
- **2025-06-09** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-10** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
- **2025-06-10** Later today assigned.
- **2025-06-10** Speaker laid before the House
- **2025-06-10** Subsequently, the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-10** ROLL CALL NO. 420
- **2025-06-10** (Yeas 73 - Nays 71 - Absent 5 - Excused 2)
- **2025-06-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-10** HELD.
- **2025-06-10** RELEASED.
- **2025-06-11** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence.
- **2025-06-25** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
- **2025-06-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-07-08** HELD BY THE GOVERNOR.
- **2026-01-11** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
- **2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+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/14f3b6a5-91b9-4ea8-a6cd-674916724b27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).