ME LD 1148
enactedAn Act To Improve Access To Absentee Ballots For Municipal Elections For Uniformed Service Voters And Overseas Voters
Maine · 132 · lower
- Introduced
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- Status date
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- Latest action
- 2025-05-30 — Signed by Governor
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Daniel SHAGOURYprimary
- Laura SUPICAcosponsor
- Matt MOONENcosponsor
- Marc MALONcosponsor
- Craig HICKMANcosponsor
- Anne GRAHAMcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-03-18
Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
2025-03-18
The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS.
referral-committee
2025-03-18
Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-03-18
The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence
referral-committee
2025-03-21
Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
2025-05-20
Reports READ.
2025-05-20
On motion of Representative SUPICA of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
2025-05-20
ROLL CALL NO. 155
2025-05-20
(Yeas 144 - Nays 0 - Absent 6 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
2025-05-20
The Bill was READ ONCE.
reading-1
2025-05-20
Committee Amendment "A" (H-188) was READ and ADOPTED.
committee-passage-favorable,passage
2025-05-20
Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
2025-05-20
The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-188).
reading-3
2025-05-20
Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-05-21
Reports Read
2025-05-21
On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
2025-05-21
Bill READ ONCE
reading-1
2025-05-21
Committee Amendment "A" (H-188) READ and ADOPTED
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-21
Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-188) in concurrence.
reading-2,reading-3
2025-05-27
FINALLY PASSED.
passage
2025-05-27
Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-05-27
FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence.
passage
2025-05-30
Signed by Governor
executive-signature
2025-04-07
Work Session Held - TABLED
2025-04-07
Work Session Held - TABLED
2025-04-16
Work Session Held
2025-04-16
Voted - Divided Report
2025-05-15
Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
Versions
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Votes
ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP
2025-05-20 · pass · 144-0
Member-level votes (150)
- ABDI of Lewiston: yes
- ADAMS of Lebanon: yes
- ALBERT of Madawaska: yes
- ANKELES of Brunswick: yes
- ARATA of New Gloucester: yes
- ARCHER of Saco: yes
- ARDELL of Monticello: yes
- ARFORD of Brunswick: yes
- BABIN of Fort Fairfield: yes
- BAGSHAW of Windham: yes
- BECK of South Portland: yes
- BELL of Yarmouth: yes
- BISHOP of Bucksport: yes
- BLIER of Buxton: yes
- BOYER of Poland: yes
- BOYER of Cape Elizabeth: yes
- BRENNAN of Portland: yes
- BRIDGEO of Augusta: yes
- BUNKER of Farmington: yes
- CAMPBELL of Orrington: yes
- CARLOW of Buxton: yes
- CARUSO of Caratunk: yes
- CHAPMAN of Auburn: yes
- CIMINO of Bridgton: yes
- CLOUTIER of Lewiston: yes
- CLUCHEY of Bowdoinham: yes
- COLLAMORE of Pittsfield: yes
- COLLINS of Sidney: yes
- COOPER of Windham: yes
- COPELAND of Saco: yes
- CRAFTS of Newcastle: yes
- CRAY of Palmyra: other
- CROCKETT of Portland: yes
- DAIGLE of Fort Kent: yes
- DEBRITO of Waterville: other
- DHALAC of South Portland: yes
- DILL of Old Town: yes
- DODGE of Belfast: yes
- DOUDERA of Camden: yes
- DRINKWATER of Milford: yes
- DUCHARME of Madison: yes
- EATON of Deer Isle: other
- EDER of Waterboro: yes
- FAIRCLOTH of Bangor: yes
- FARRIN of Jefferson: yes
- FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor: yes
- FECTEAU of Biddeford: yes
- FLYNN of Albion: yes
- FOLEY of Wells: yes
- FOSTER of Dexter: yes
- FREDERICKS of Sanford: yes
- FREDETTE of Newport: yes
- FRIEDMANN of Bar Harbor: yes
- FROST of Belgrade: yes
- GATTINE of Westbrook: yes
- GEIGER of Rockland: yes
- GERE of Kennebunkport: yes
- GIFFORD of Lincoln: yes
- GOLEK of Harpswell: yes
- GRAHAM of North Yarmouth: yes
- GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach: yes
- GREENWOOD of Wales: yes
- GRIFFIN of Levant: yes
- GUERRETTE of Caribou: yes
- HAGGAN of Hampden: yes
- HALL of Wilton: yes
- HASENFUS of Readfield: yes
- HENDERSON of Rumford: yes
- HEPLER of Woolwich: yes
- HYMES of Waldo: yes
- JACKSON of Oxford: yes
- JAVNER of Chester: yes
- JULIA of Waterville: yes
- KESSLER of South Portland: yes
- KUHN of Falmouth: yes
- LAJOIE of Lewiston: yes
- LANCE of Paris: yes
- LANIGAN of Sanford: yes
- LAVIGNE of Berwick: yes
- LEE of Auburn: yes
- LEMELIN of Chelsea: yes
- LOOKNER of Portland: yes
- LYMAN of Livermore Falls: yes
- MACIAS of Topsham: yes
- MALON of Biddeford: yes
- MASON of Lisbon: yes
- MASTRACCIO of Sanford: yes
- MATHIESON of Kittery: yes
- MATLACK of St. George: yes
- MCCABE of Lewiston: yes
- MCINTYRE of Lowell: yes
- MEYER of Eliot: yes
- MILLIKEN of Blue Hill: yes
- MINGO of Calais: yes
- MITCHELL of Cumberland: yes
- MONTELL of Gardiner: yes
- MOONEN of Portland: yes
- MORRIS of Turner: yes
- MURPHY of Scarborough: other
- NUTTING of Oakland: yes
- O'HALLORAN of Brewer: yes
- OLSEN of Raymond: yes
- OSHER of Orono: other
- PARRY of Arundel: yes
- PAUL of Winterport: yes
- PERKINS of Dover-Foxcroft: yes
- PLUECKER of Warren: yes
- POIRIER of Skowhegan: yes
- POMERLEAU of Standish: yes
- PUGH of Portland: yes
- QUINT of Hodgdon: yes
- RANA of Bangor: yes
- RAY of Lincolnville: yes
- RIELLY of Westbrook: yes
- ROBERTS of South Berwick: yes
- ROEDER of Bangor: yes
- ROLLINS of Augusta: yes
- RUDNICKI of Fairfield: yes
- RUNTE of York: yes
- SACHS of Freeport: yes
- SALISBURY of Westbrook: yes
- SARGENT of York: yes
- SATO of Gorham: yes
- SAYRE of Kennebunk: yes
- SCHMERSAL-BURGESS of Mexico: yes
- SHAGOURY of Hallowell: yes
- SIMMONS of Waldoboro: yes
- SINCLAIR of Bath: yes
- SKOLD of Portland: yes
- SMITH of Palermo: yes
- SOBOLESKI of Phillips: yes
- STOVER of Boothbay: yes
- STROUT of Harrington: yes
- SUPICA of Bangor: yes
- SWALLOW of Houlton: yes
- TERRY of Gorham: yes
- THORNE of Carmel: yes
- TUELL of East Machias: yes
- UNDERWOOD of Presque Isle: yes
- WADSWORTH of Hiram: yes
- WALKER of Naples: other
- WARREN of Scarborough: yes
- WEBB of Durham: yes
- WHITE of Guilford: yes
- WHITE of Ellsworth: yes
- WOOD of Norway: yes
- WOOD of Greene: yes
- WOODSOME of Waterboro: yes
- YUSUF of Portland: yes
- ZAGER of Portland: yes
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