It is already too late for any more bills to be introduced in the 2007 session of the Maine legislature. The session started December 6, 2006, and that was also the deadline for all bills to be introduced.

Unfortunately, no Maine legislator introduced a bill to ease the definition of “party”. In 2005, the legislature had virtually passed a bill to improve the definition of “party”, except that the bill was tabled for budgetary reasons at the last instant. It is somewhat likely that bill could have passed in 2007, but since it was not introduced by the deadline, that hope is shattered.

If you are thinking about finding a state legislator to introduce a bill to improve any law, this is the time to act.