Resolve, Directing the Secretary of State to Study Providing Access to Absentee Ballots for Municipal Elections to Uniformed Service Voters or Overseas Voters in the Same Manner as Absentee Ballots for Statewide Elections

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Actions Timeline

1. Signed by Governor, RESLV Chapter 43

   5/30/2025

2. FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence.

   5/27/2025Senate

3. FINALLY PASSED.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

   5/27/2025House

4. Reports ReadOn motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. Bill READ ONCE Committee Amendment "A" (H-188) READ and ADOPTED Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-188) in concurrence.

   5/21/2025Senate

5. Reports READ.On motion of Representative SUPICA of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.ROLL CALL NO. 155(Yeas 144 - Nays 0 - Absent 6 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)The Bill was READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-188) was READ and ADOPTED.Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-188). Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

   5/20/2025House

6. Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.

   3/21/2025House

7. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence

   3/18/2025Senate

8. Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

   3/18/2025House

Bill Text

• Amendment C-A (H-188), adopted by House & Senate

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• Enacted

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• Introduced

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