Resolve, to Increase the Number of Kennebec County
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 1884
Sponsors: GREENWOOD, HICKMAN

Legislative Document
No. 1884
H.P. 1255
House of Representatives, May 5, 2025
Resolve, to Increase the Number of Kennebec County 
Commissioners
Received by the Clerk of the House on May 1, 2025.  Referred to the Committee on State 
and Local Government pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 
401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative GREENWOOD of Wales.
Cosponsored by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec and
Representatives: BRIDGEO of Augusta, COLLINS of Sidney, HAGGAN of Hampden, 
HASENFUS of Readfield, NUTTING of Oakland, Senators: BRADSTREET of Kennebec, 
FARRIN of Somerset.
Sec. 1.  Referendum. Resolved:  That the county commissioners of Kennebec 
County shall submit the following question to the legal voters of the county by ballot at the 
statewide election to be held in November 2026.  The Secretary of State shall conduct the 
referendum in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 21-A.  The subject matter 
of this resolve must be reduced to the following question:
"Do you favor increasing the number of Kennebec County commissioner 
districts from 3 to 5 and staggering the terms of the 5 county 
commissioners beginning in 2028?"
The voters shall indicate their opinion on this question by a cross or check mark placed 
against the word "Yes" or "No."  The question must be approved by a majority of the legal 
voters casting ballots at the referendum election.
The results of the referendum must be declared by the county commissioners or county 
administrator and due certificate filed with the Secretary of State within 10 days after the 
date of the election.
Sec. 2.  Apportionment of Kennebec County if referendum question passes; 
terms of office. Resolved:  That, if the referendum question submitted to the legal voters 
of Kennebec County in accordance with section 1 passes by majority vote, the Kennebec 
County commissioners shall establish an apportionment commission, referred to in this 
resolve as "the commission," in accordance with the procedure established in the 
Constitution of Maine, Article IV, Part Third, Section 1-A to apportion the Kennebec 
County commissioner districts to increase the number of county commissioner districts in 
Kennebec County.  The commission shall develop a plan with maps to increase the number 
of county commissioner districts from 3 to 5.  The commission shall establish the initial 
terms of office for each county commissioner district.  Two commissioners must have 2-
year initial terms and 3 commissioners must have 4-year initial terms.
Sec. 3.  Submit to Legislature. Resolved:  That the plan under section 2 must be 
submitted by the commission to the Clerk of the House of Representatives no later than 
January 15, 2027 for enactment by the 133rd Legislature in 2027.
Sec. 4.  Election of county commissioners. Resolved:  That the election of 
Kennebec County commissioners in the reapportioned districts approved pursuant to 
section 3 must take place at the statewide election held in November 2028.
SUMMARY
This resolve proposes a referendum to increase the number of commissioners for 
Kennebec County from 3 to 5.  The resolve will put the question out to the voters of 
Kennebec County in November 2026.