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IntroducedFeb 04, 2025
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maine House Bill
HP 251, An Act To Require A Voter To Show Photographic Identification
Last Action See all actions
Senate • May 14, 2025: Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on LD 397
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors



- Matthew Harringtoncosponsor
- Arthur Mingocosponsor
- Katrina Smithcosponsor
- James Whitecosponsor
- Russell Whitecosponsor
Votes
Actions
- May 14, 2025 | Senate
- Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
- May 12, 2025 | legislature
- Reported Out - ONTP
- May 07, 2025 | legislature
- Work Session (State House, Room 437)
- Work Session Held
- Voted - ONTP
- May 02, 2025 | legislature
- Public Hearing (State House, Room 437)
- Mar 21, 2025 | House
- Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- Feb 04, 2025 | Senate
- The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence
- Feb 04, 2025 | House
- 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.
Bill Texts
Documents
- Fiscal StatusHTML
- Fiscal StatusPDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by Alf Anderson (AARP Maine)PDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by Shenna Bellows (Department of the Secretary of State)PDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by Rebecca Boulos (Maine Public Health Association)PDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by Karen Cote (Orland)PDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by Danny Emerson (South Berwick)PDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by Aaron Frey (Office of the Attorney General)PDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by Anne Gallaudet (Scarborough)PDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by Nick Janzen (Maine Conservation Voters)PDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by Anna Kellar (League of Women Voters of Maine)PDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by Jan Kosinski (Maine Education Association)PDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by Sandra Labonte (Searsport)PDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by Rebecca Lambert (Maine Municipal Association)PDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by Heide Lester (EqualityMaine)PDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by Doris L Meehan (Windham)PDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by N/A (Mainers for Modern Elections)PDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by Mico Nelson (Newburgh)PDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by Reagan Paul (Maine State Legislature)PDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by Ashley Rand (Legislative Police Committee Maine Town and City Clerk’s Association )PDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by Alicia Rea (American Civil Liberties Union of Maine)PDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by George Schelling (Orland )PDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by Alison Smith (Portland)PDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by Jacklyn Stanley (North Yarmouth)PDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by Harris Van Pate (Maine Policy Institute)PDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by Diane Vernesoni (Topsham)PDF
- Testimony on May 02, 2025 by Dawn Walls (Unity)PDF
- Ashley Rand, Legislative Police Committee Maine Town and City Clerk’s Association (Speaking neither for nor against) - VLA 05/01/2025 02:36 PM
- Rebecca Boulos, Maine Public Health Association (Written) - VLA 05/06/2025 08:10 AM
- Karen Cote, Orland (Written) - VLA 05/02/2025 09:54 AM
- Danny Emerson, South Berwick (Written) - VLA 05/02/2025 06:10 AM
- Aaron Frey, Office of the Attorney General (Written) - VLA 05/01/2025 04:50 PM
- Sandra Labonte, Searsport (Written) - VLA 05/02/2025 11:12 AM
- Anne Gallaudet, Scarborough (Written) - VLA 04/29/2025 07:15 PM
- Doris L Meehan, Windham (Written) - VLA 04/29/2025 09:01 PM
- Jan Kosinski, Maine Education Association (Written) - VLA 05/02/2025 05:46 PM
- Harris Van Pate, Maine Policy Institute (Written) - VLA 05/01/2025 03:48 PM
- George Schelling, Orland (Written) - VLA 05/02/2025 09:12 AM
- Diane Vernesoni, Topsham (Written) - VLA 04/28/2025 03:35 PM
- Rebecca Lambert, Maine Municipal Association (Written) - VLA 05/02/2025 06:11 AM
- Jacklyn Stanley, North Yarmouth (Written) - VLA 05/01/2025 12:16 PM
- Dawn Walls, Unity (Written) - VLA 05/02/2025 02:35 PM
- Mico Nelson, Newburgh (Written) - VLA 04/30/2025 10:38 PM
- Alison Smith, Portland (Written) - VLA 05/02/2025 01:18 AM
Sources
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ld=397&SessionID=16
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280096239
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/subjects.asp?ID=280096239
- https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=397&PID=1456&snum=132
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096239
- https://legislature.maine.gov/ctl/VLA/05-02-2025
