Testimony

Each legislative session there are a number of bills relating to the Maine Clean Elections Act (MCEA) and other campaign finance reform. The Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs of the Maine State Legislature has jurisdiction over election law and holds hearings to receive testimony on these matters. To see testimony and public comment submitted to the Ethics Commission, CLICK HERE.

131st Legislature (2023-2024)

LD 1966 — An Act to Allow Candidates for County Office to Participate in the Maine Clean Election Act, 5/24/2023
LD 1811 — An Act to Clarify Required Political Committees 24-hour Reports, 5/3/2023
LD 1610 — An Act to Prohibit Campaign Spending by Foreign Governments and Promote an Anticorruption Amendment to the United States Constitution, 5/3/2023
LD 1698 - An Act to Eliminate Private Donations to the Maine Clean Election Fund, 4/26/2023
LD 1590 - An Act to Require Disclosure of Campaign Funding Sources, 4/26/2023
LD 1627 - An Act to Improve Disclosure of Lobbyist Activities, 4/26/2023
LD 1466 - An Act to Fund Adult Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorder Services by Eliminating Certain Tax Funding from the Maine Clean Election Fund, 4/26/2023
1336 - An Act to Increase Transparency in Municipal Ballot Referenda Expenditures, 4/21/2023
LD 1327 - An Act to Limit the Requirements Regarding Leadership Political Action Committees and to Promote Clean Election Transparency, 4/12/2023
LD 1221 - An Act to Make Changes to the Distribution Amounts to Certain Maine Clean Election Act Candidates in Contested General Elections, 4/5/2023
LD 790 - An Act to Require Disclosure for Communications Paid for Using Maine Clean Election Act Funding, 3/27/2023
L.D. 833 – An Act to Prohibit Persons Who Donate to a Governor's Transition Committee and Inaugural Committee from Registering as Lobbyists, 3/15/2023
LD 726: An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Political Action Committees Relating to Union, Business and Nonprofit Organizations, 3/8/2023
LD 737 - An Act to Prohibit Government Contracting Organizations from Influencing Elections, 3/8/2023
LD 567 - An Act to Provide for the Ethical Election of Constitutional Officers by Restricting Certain Campaign Contributions, 2/27/2023
LD 255 - An Act to Require Campaign Finance Reports for State and County Candidates Other than Governor to Be Filed on the 42nd Day Before Any Election, 2/6/2023