Bill Commons

ME LD 1529

enacted

An Act To Enhance The Protection Of High-Value Natural Resources Statewide

Maine · 132 · upper

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did ME LD 1529 pass?

Yes. ME LD 1529 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-07-01): Signed by Governor

What is ME LD 1529 about?

ME LD 1529 is a bill in the 132 titled “An Act To Enhance The Protection Of High-Value Natural Resources Statewide”.

Who sponsors ME LD 1529?

Richard BENNETT is the primary sponsor of ME LD 1529, joined by 9 cosponsors.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2025-07-01 — Signed by Governor
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Richard BENNETTprimary
  • Henry INGWERSENcosponsor
  • Allison HEPLERcosponsor
  • Sharon FROSTcosponsor
  • John EDERcosponsor
  • William PLUECKERcosponsor
  • Stephan BUNKERcosponsor
  • William BRIDGEOcosponsor
  • Stacy BRENNERcosponsor
  • James DILLcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-07-01

    Signed by Governor

    executive-signature

  2. 2025-06-25

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

    passage

  3. 2025-06-25

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2025-06-25

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

    passage

  5. 2025-06-25

    ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  6. 2025-06-25

    The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-271) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-478) thereto.

    reading-3

  7. 2025-06-25

    Sent down for concurrence.

  8. 2025-06-25

    PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-271) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-478) thereto in NON-CONCURRENCE.

    reading-3

  9. 2025-06-25

    Committee Amendment "A" (S-271) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-478) thereto ADOPTED.

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-06-25

    On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-478) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-271) READ and ADOPTED.

  11. 2025-06-25

    On further motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-271) was ADOPTED.

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-06-25

    On motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-271)

    reading-3

  13. 2025-06-25

    On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table

  14. 2025-06-10

    On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence

  15. 2025-06-09

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  16. 2025-06-09

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

    passage

  17. 2025-06-09

    In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  18. 2025-06-09

    The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-271).

    reading-3

  19. 2025-06-09

    Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.

  20. 2025-06-09

    CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY

  21. 2025-06-05

    Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.

  22. 2025-06-05

    Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-271).

    reading-2,reading-3

  23. 2025-06-05

    Committee Amendment "A" (S-271) READ and ADOPTED.

    committee-passage-favorable

  24. 2025-06-05

    READ ONCE.

    reading-1

  25. 2025-06-05

    Report READ and ACCEPTED.

  26. 2025-06-04

    Reported Out - OTP-AM

  27. 2025-05-13

    Voted - OTP-AM

  28. 2025-05-13

    Work Session Held

  29. 2025-05-08

    Work Session Held - TABLED

  30. 2025-04-08

    In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  31. 2025-04-08

    The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY.

    referral-committee

  32. 2025-04-08

    Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/subjects.asp?ID=280098247

Attribution

Data from openstates_api_sync, retrieved 2026-10-22T03:01:37.676036Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=ME&identifier=LD 1529. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.