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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Require Legislative Hearings On Citizen-Initiated Legislation"
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description: "An Act To Require Legislative Hearings On Citizen-Initiated Legislation"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "129"
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identifier: "LD 1209"
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citation: "Maine LD 1209 (129)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "CITIZEN INITIATIVES", "PUBLIC HEARINGS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard BRADSTREET"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-03-12"
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last_action: "2019-05-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57e67c14-a003-4e85-a9c8-4e367596db70"
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source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072396"
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source_hash: "65c082cd6cb9102403a05c140c49d40e6014ad6bf1376f67dc7d2a6f6c6a570a"
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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 1209 (129) — An Act To Require Legislative Hearings On Citizen-Initiated Legislation
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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. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0873&item=2&snum=129)
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2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0873&item=1&snum=129)
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3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0873&item=3&snum=129)
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## Votes
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- ENACTMENT — **32–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Richard BRADSTREET — primary (person)
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- Amy ARATA — cosponsor (person)
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- Dennis KESCHL — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
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- Lawrence LOCKMAN — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard CAMPBELL — cosponsor (person)
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- William TUELL — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-03-12** Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
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- **2019-03-12** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-03-12** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-07** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
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- **2019-05-07** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
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- **2019-05-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-204).
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- **2019-05-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-05-08** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
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- **2019-05-08** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2019-05-08** Committee Amendment "A" (H-204) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2019-05-08** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-204), in concurrence. `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-08** Ordered sent down forthwith.
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- **2019-05-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2019-05-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-05-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2019-05-14** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 93 Yeas 32 - Nays 3 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
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- **2019-05-23** 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/57e67c14-a003-4e85-a9c8-4e367596db70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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