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ME LD 2187

enacted

An Act To Update Certain Water Quality Standards And To Reclassify Certain Waters Of The State

Maine · 132 · upper

Introduced
Status date
Latest action
2026-04-03 — Signed by Governor
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Denise TEPLERprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-03

    Reported that the same be REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 464, subsection 3, paragraph B.

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-02-03

    Report READ and ACCEPTED.

  3. 2026-02-03

    Bill and accompanying papers REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-02-03

    Sent down for concurrence.

  5. 2026-02-10

    Report was READ and ACCEPTED.

  6. 2026-02-10

    The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

    referral-committee

  7. 2026-02-10

    In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  8. 2026-03-24

    Reports READ.

  9. 2026-03-24

    Motion by Senator TEPLER of Sagadahoc to ACCEPT The Minority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-569) Report FAILED.

    amendment-failure

  10. 2026-03-24

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 786 Yeas 13 - Nays 22 - Excused 0 - Absent 0

  11. 2026-03-24

    Subsequently, The Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED.

  12. 2026-03-24

    Bill READ ONCE.

    reading-1

  13. 2026-03-24

    Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.

    reading-2,reading-3

  14. 2026-03-24

    Sent down for concurrence.

  15. 2026-03-25

    Reports READ.

  16. 2026-03-25

    On motion of Representative DOUDERA of Camden, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.

  17. 2026-03-25

    ROLL CALL NO. 673

  18. 2026-03-25

    (Yeas 106 - Nays 34 - Absent 9 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)

  19. 2026-03-25

    The Bill was READ ONCE.

    reading-1

  20. 2026-03-25

    Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.

  21. 2026-03-25

    The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.

    reading-3

  22. 2026-03-25

    In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  23. 2026-03-26

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

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  24. 2026-03-26

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  25. 2026-03-30

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

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  26. 2026-04-03

    Signed by Governor

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  27. 2026-03-03

    Work Session Held

  28. 2026-03-03

    Voted - Divided Report

  29. 2026-03-20

    Reported Out - OTP/OTP-AM

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • ACCEPT MINORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT

    2026-03-24 · fail · 13-22

    Member-level votes (35)
    • BAILEY of York: yes
    • BALDACCI of Penobscot: yes
    • BEEBE-CENTER of Knox: yes
    • BENNETT of Oxford: no
    • BERNARD of Aroostook: no
    • BICKFORD of Androscoggin: no
    • BLACK of Franklin: no
    • BRADSTREET of Kennebec: no
    • BRENNER of Cumberland: no
    • CARNEY of Cumberland: yes
    • CURRY of Waldo: no
    • CYRWAY of Kennebec: no
    • DAUGHTRY of Cumberland: no
    • DUSON of Cumberland: no
    • FARRIN of Somerset: no
    • GROHOSKI of Hancock: yes
    • GUERIN of Penobscot: no
    • HAGGAN of Penobscot: no
    • HARRINGTON of York: no
    • HICKMAN of Kennebec: no
    • INGWERSEN of York: yes
    • LAWRENCE of York: yes
    • LIBBY of Cumberland: no
    • MARTIN of Oxford: no
    • MOORE of Washington: no
    • NANGLE of Cumberland: yes
    • PIERCE of Cumberland: yes
    • RAFFERTY of York: no
    • RENY of Lincoln: no
    • ROTUNDO of Androscoggin: yes
    • STEWART of Aroostook: no
    • TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland: yes
    • TEPLER of Sagadahoc: yes
    • TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin: no
    • TIPPING of Penobscot: yes
  • ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP

    2026-03-25 · pass · 106-34

    Member-level votes (150)
    • ABDI of Lewiston: no
    • ADAMS of Lebanon: other
    • ALBERT of Madawaska: yes
    • ANKELES of Brunswick: no
    • ARATA of New Gloucester: yes
    • ARCHER of Saco: yes
    • ARDELL of Monticello: yes
    • ARFORD of Brunswick: no
    • BABIN of Fort Fairfield: yes
    • BAGSHAW of Windham: yes
    • BECK of South Portland: yes
    • BELL of Yarmouth: no
    • BISHOP of Bucksport: yes
    • BLIER of Buxton: yes
    • BOYER of Poland: other
    • BOYER of Cape Elizabeth: yes
    • BRENNAN of Portland: no
    • BRIDGEO of Augusta: yes
    • BUNKER of Farmington: other
    • CAMPBELL of Orrington: yes
    • CARLOW of Buxton: yes
    • CARUSO of Caratunk: yes
    • CHAPMAN of Auburn: yes
    • CIMINO of Bridgton: yes
    • CLUCHEY of Bowdoinham: no
    • COLLAMORE of Pittsfield: yes
    • COLLINS of Sidney: yes
    • COOPER of Windham: yes
    • COPELAND of Saco: yes
    • CRAFTS of Newcastle: yes
    • CRAY of Palmyra: yes
    • CROCKETT of Portland: other
    • DAIGLE of Fort Kent: yes
    • DEBRITO of Waterville: yes
    • DHALAC of South Portland: no
    • DILL of Old Town: yes
    • DODGE of Belfast: no
    • DOUDERA of Camden: no
    • DRINKWATER of Milford: yes
    • DUCHARME of Madison: yes
    • EATON of Deer Isle: yes
    • EDER of Waterboro: yes
    • FAIRCLOTH of Bangor: no
    • FARRIN of Jefferson: yes
    • FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor: yes
    • FECTEAU of Biddeford: yes
    • FLYNN of Albion: yes
    • FOLEY of Wells: yes
    • FOSTER of Dexter: yes
    • FREDERICKS of Sanford: yes
    • FREDETTE of Newport: yes
    • FRIEDMANN of Bar Harbor: no
    • FROST of Belgrade: yes
    • GATTINE of Westbrook: yes
    • GEIGER of Rockland: no
    • GERE of Kennebunkport: yes
    • GIFFORD of Lincoln: yes
    • GOLEK of Harpswell: no
    • GRAHAM of North Yarmouth: yes
    • GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach: no
    • GREENWOOD of Wales: yes
    • GRIFFIN of Levant: other
    • GUERRETTE of Caribou: yes
    • HAGGAN of Hampden: yes
    • HALL of Wilton: yes
    • HARRIMAN of Lewiston: no
    • HASENFUS of Readfield: yes
    • HENDERSON of Rumford: yes
    • HEPLER of Woolwich: no
    • HYMES of Waldo: yes
    • JACKSON of Oxford: yes
    • JULIA of Waterville: yes
    • KESSLER of South Portland: no
    • KUHN of Falmouth: yes
    • LAJOIE of Lewiston: yes
    • LANCE of Paris: yes
    • LANIGAN of Sanford: other
    • LAVIGNE of Berwick: yes
    • LEE of Auburn: no
    • LEMELIN of Chelsea: yes
    • LIBBY of Auburn: yes
    • LOOKNER of Portland: no
    • LYMAN of Livermore Falls: yes
    • MACIAS of Topsham: no
    • MALON of Biddeford: yes
    • MASON of Lisbon: yes
    • MASTRACCIO of Sanford: yes
    • MATHIESON of Kittery: no
    • MATLACK of St. George: no
    • MCCABE of Lewiston: no
    • MCINTYRE of Lowell: yes
    • MEYER of Eliot: yes
    • MILLIKEN of Blue Hill: no
    • MINGO of Calais: yes
    • MITCHELL of Cumberland: yes
    • MONTELL of Gardiner: yes
    • MOONEN of Portland: yes
    • MORRIS of Turner: yes
    • MURPHY of Scarborough: yes
    • NUTTING of Oakland: yes
    • O'HALLORAN of Brewer: yes
    • OLSEN of Raymond: yes
    • OSHER of Orono: no
    • PARRY of Arundel: yes
    • PAUL of Winterport: yes
    • PERKINS of Dover-Foxcroft: yes
    • PLUECKER of Warren: no
    • POIRIER of Skowhegan: yes
    • POMERLEAU of Standish: yes
    • PUGH of Portland: no
    • QUINT of Hodgdon: yes
    • RANA of Bangor: no
    • RAY of Lincolnville: no
    • RIELLY of Westbrook: yes
    • ROBERTS of South Berwick: yes
    • ROEDER of Bangor: no
    • ROLLINS of Augusta: no
    • RUDNICKI of Fairfield: yes
    • RUNTE of York: yes
    • SACHS of Freeport: no
    • SALISBURY of Westbrook: yes
    • SARGENT of York: yes
    • SATO of Gorham: no
    • SAYRE of Kennebunk: yes
    • SCHMERSAL-BURGESS of Mexico: yes
    • SHAGOURY of Hallowell: yes
    • SIMMONS of Waldoboro: yes
    • SINCLAIR of Bath: yes
    • SKOLD of Portland: no
    • SMITH of Palermo: yes
    • SOBOLESKI of Phillips: yes
    • STOVER of Boothbay: yes
    • STROUT of Harrington: yes
    • SUPICA of Bangor: other
    • SWALLOW of Houlton: yes
    • TERRY of Gorham: yes
    • THORNE of Carmel: yes
    • TUELL of East Machias: yes
    • UNDERWOOD of Presque Isle: yes
    • WADSWORTH of Hiram: yes
    • WALKER of Naples: yes
    • WARREN of Scarborough: other
    • WEBB of Durham: yes
    • WHITE of Guilford: yes
    • WHITE of Ellsworth: other
    • WOOD of Norway: yes
    • WOOD of Greene: yes
    • WOODSOME of Waterboro: yes
    • YUSUF of Portland: other
    • ZAGER of Portland: yes

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