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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Prohibit Taxpayer-Funded Campaign Expenditures From Being Used On Post-Election Parties"
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description: "An Act To Prohibit Taxpayer-Funded Campaign Expenditures From Being Used On Post-Election Parties"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "128"
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identifier: "LD 408"
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citation: "Maine LD 408 (128)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "CAMPAIGN FINANCE", "POST-CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["COLLINS"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-07"
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last_action: "2017-04-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad1d22a4-84d8-404e-ad3f-205b4e9b06df"
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source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063062"
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source_hash: "f649b7d1c3b245ad8de3da45cae58bbf80e55ec87faf301ef9ff54916f1d8fbd"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
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---
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# Maine LD 408 (128) — An Act To Prohibit Taxpayer-Funded Campaign Expenditures From Being Used On Post-Election Parties
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/SP013501.asp)
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## Votes
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- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- COLLINS — primary (person)
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- CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
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- DILLINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
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- FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
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- HANINGTON — cosponsor (person)
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- LONGSTAFF — cosponsor (person)
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- LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
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- MASON — cosponsor (person)
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- SCHNECK — cosponsor (person)
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- TURNER — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-07** Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed
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- **2017-02-07** REFERENCE to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS
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- **2017-02-07** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
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- **2017-02-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2017-04-11** Reports READ
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- **2017-04-11** On motion by Senator MASON of Androscoggin The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
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- **2017-04-11** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 60 Yeas 35 - Nays 0 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
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- **2017-04-11** READ ONCE `reading-1`
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- **2017-04-11** Committee Amendment "A" (S-20) READ and ADOPTED
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- **2017-04-11** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
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- **2017-04-13** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
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- **2017-04-13** READ A SECOND TIME And PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-20) `reading-2`
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- **2017-04-13** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
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- **2017-04-18** Reports READ.
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- **2017-04-18** On motion of Representative LUCHINI of Ellsworth, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
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- **2017-04-18** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2017-04-18** Committee Amendment "A" (S-20) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
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- **2017-04-18** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
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- **2017-04-18** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-20).
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- **2017-04-18** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2017-04-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2017-04-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2017-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2017-04-28** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad1d22a4-84d8-404e-ad3f-205b4e9b06df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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