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

LD 1702: An Act To Amend Election Polling Place Candidate Restrictions

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 1702 is a bill introduced in the Maine House on April 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act To Amend Election Polling Place Candidate Restrictions. Primary sponsor: Mark Cooper (Republican). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 17, 2025): Signed by Governor.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 8

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mark CooperPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse107
Barbara BagshawCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse106
Dean CrayCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse69
Randy HallCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74
Allison HeplerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse49
Craig HickmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Caldwell JacksonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse80
Wayne ParryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse140
Chad PerkinsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse31
Jeff TimberlakeCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate17

“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. PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
  3. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  4. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
  5. This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
  6. Ordered sent down forthwith.
  7. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-612), in concurrence.
  8. Committee Amendment "A" (H-612) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence.
  9. READ ONCE.
  10. Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
  11. Reported Out - OTP-AM
  12. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

Showing 12 most recent of 21 actions. Full history

Sources

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