republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-1702.md

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Bill	An Act To Amend Election Polling Place Candidate Restrictions	An Act To Amend Election Polling Place Candidate Restrictions	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 1702	Maine LD 1702 (132)	bill	CANDIDATE RESTRICTIONS ELECTIONS POLLING PLACES	enacted	Mark COOPER	3	21	0	2025-04-17	2025-06-17	openstates	ocd-bill/275eaf24-a3ce-422c-bc34-aa19c3b44365	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098605	dc01ad0f9247db913d16b7392807195f34158d11cc8d21f62d2228b87cd13996	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1702 (132) — An Act To Amend Election Polling Place Candidate Restrictions

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (H-612) (committee substitute) — source
2. Chapter 331 (committee substitute) — source
3. LD 1702 HP 1137 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Mark COOPER — primary (person)
• Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara BAGSHAW — cosponsor (person)
• Caldwell JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
• Chad PERKINS — cosponsor (person)
• Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
• Dean CRAY — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
• Randall HALL — cosponsor (person)
• Wayne PARRY — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-04-17 Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
• 2025-04-17 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. referral-committee
• 2025-04-17 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-04-17 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence referral-committee
• 2025-06-10 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2025-06-10 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2025-06-10 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-612). reading-3
• 2025-06-10 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-11 Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
• 2025-06-11 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-06-11 Committee Amendment "A" (H-612) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-06-11 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-612), in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2025-06-11 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2025-06-11 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
• 2025-06-11 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2025-06-11 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-12 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. passage
• 2025-06-17 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2025-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/275eaf24-a3ce-422c-bc34-aa19c3b44365. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).