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Current Citizen Initiatives and People’s Vetoes

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Citizen Initiative Petitions Approved

TITLE: “An Act to Protect Maine Communities by Enacting the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act”

Issued: October 24, 2024 
Filing Deadline: April 24, 2026

Proponent Information | Legislation (Word)

TITLE: “An Act to Require an Individual to Present Photographic Identification for the Purpose of Voting”

Issued: May 16, 2024 
Filing Deadline: November 16, 2025

Proponent Information | Legislation (Word)

Historical Summaries: Citizen Initiated Questions, 1910-date - Provided by the Law and Legislative Reference Library

Currently Circulating People's Vetoes & Citizen Initiative Petitions

TITLE: “An Act Making Certain Appropriations and Allocations and Changing Certain Provisions of Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government”

Issued: April 10, 2025
Filing Deadline: June 18, 2025

Proponent Information | Legislation – Budget (P.L. 2025, ch. 2)