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Maine · 132nd Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

LD 1148: An Act To Improve Access To Absentee Ballots For Municipal Elections For Uniformed Service Voters And Overseas Voters

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

LD 1148 is a bill introduced in the Maine House on March 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act To Improve Access To Absentee Ballots For Municipal Elections For Uniformed Service Voters And Overseas Voters. Primary sponsor: Dan Shagoury (Democratic). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 30, 2025): Signed by Governor.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dan ShagouryPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse55
Annie GrahamCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse105
Craig HickmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Marc MalonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse133
Matt MoonenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse117
Laura SupicaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse22

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Signed by Governor
  2. FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence.
  3. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  4. FINALLY PASSED.
  5. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-188) in concurrence.
  6. Committee Amendment "A" (H-188) READ and ADOPTED
  7. Bill READ ONCE
  8. On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
  9. Reports Read
  10. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  11. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-188).
  12. Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.

Showing 12 most recent of 28 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source