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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Election Laws"
description: "An Act To Amend The Election Laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1830"
citation: "Maine LD 1830 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BALLOTS", "ELECTIONS", "PROVISIONS REVISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Louis LUCHINI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-12-20"
last_action: "2022-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e779dd9f-2eec-40df-8b9c-719e35e8b213"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082180"
source_hash: "d467c83ff8a0b96a21f1d981abcfb21a832ebc37cea0515815b5ed978c244b64"
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 1830 (130) — An Act To Amend The Election Laws
## 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=SP0647&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0647&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0647&item=3&snum=130)
## Votes
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **2212** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **7755** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Louis LUCHINI — primary (person)
- Barbara WOOD — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- Laura SUPICA — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan RIELLY — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick COREY — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-12-20** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 20, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Reports READ
- **2022-03-29** On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2022-03-29** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 652 Yeas 22 - Nays 12 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2022-03-29** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2022-03-29** Committee Amendment "A" (S-462) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-462) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-29** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2022-03-31** Reports READ.
- **2022-03-31** On motion of Representative RIELLY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2022-03-31** ROLL CALL NO. 502
- **2022-03-31** (Yeas 77 - Nays 55 - Absent 15 - Excused 0 - Vacant 4)
- **2022-03-31** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-31** Committee Amendment "A" (S-462) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-03-31** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2022-03-31** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-462). `reading-3`
- **2022-03-31** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-31** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+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/e779dd9f-2eec-40df-8b9c-719e35e8b213`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).