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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Improve Election Laws And Notarial Laws"
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description: "An Act To Improve Election Laws And Notarial Laws"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "131"
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identifier: "LD 1980"
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citation: "Maine LD 1980 (131)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CAMPAIGNS", "CANDIDACY AND VOTING", "ELECTIONS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Craig HICKMAN"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2023-05-23"
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last_action: "2023-06-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/512a88b8-1e19-419e-aabd-757ddff752eb"
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source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280089658"
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source_hash: "9fe92cc597b25d9b8b338af5bed426ae1ba8c81783835aeee84ad9c15703facf"
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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 1980 (131) — An Act To Improve Election Laws And Notarial Laws
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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=SP0809&item=2&snum=131)
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2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0809&item=1&snum=131)
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3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0809&item=3&snum=131)
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## Sponsors
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- Craig HICKMAN — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-05-23** Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
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- **2023-05-23** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-23** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2023-06-20** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
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- **2023-06-20** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-20** Committee Amendment "A" (S-365) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
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- **2023-06-20** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-365). `reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2023-06-20** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
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- **2023-06-20** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
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- **2023-06-20** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
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- **2023-06-20** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-365). `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-20** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2023-06-21** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
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- **2023-06-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2023-06-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2023-06-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2023-06-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
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- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
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- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM
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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/512a88b8-1e19-419e-aabd-757ddff752eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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