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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require Legislative Hearings On Citizen-Initiated Legislation"
description: "An Act To Require Legislative Hearings On Citizen-Initiated Legislation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1209"
citation: "Maine LD 1209 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "CITIZEN INITIATIVES", "PUBLIC HEARINGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard BRADSTREET"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-12"
last_action: "2019-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57e67c14-a003-4e85-a9c8-4e367596db70"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072396"
source_hash: "65c082cd6cb9102403a05c140c49d40e6014ad6bf1376f67dc7d2a6f6c6a570a"
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 1209 (129) — An Act To Require Legislative Hearings On Citizen-Initiated Legislation
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0873&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0873&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0873&item=3&snum=129)
## Votes
- ENACTMENT — **323** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Richard BRADSTREET — primary (person)
- Amy ARATA — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis KESCHL — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence LOCKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Richard CAMPBELL — cosponsor (person)
- William TUELL — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-12** Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-03-12** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-12** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-07** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-204).
- **2019-05-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-08** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-05-08** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Committee Amendment "A" (H-204) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **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`
- **2019-05-08** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-05-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 93 Yeas 32 - Nays 3 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2019-05-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
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).