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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Resolve, To Establish The Committee To Study The Feasibility Of Creating Basic Income Security"
+description: "Resolve, To Establish The Committee To Study The Feasibility Of Creating Basic Income Security"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "129"
+identifier: "LD 1324"
+citation: "Maine LD 1324 (129)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["GENERAL ASSISTANCE", "INCOME", "BASIC ECONOMIC SECURITY STUDY"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Eloise VITELLI"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-03-19"
+last_action: "2019-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0eb3cdb8-87af-46a3-87b1-90f8b9898de8"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072584"
+source_hash: "404766f5da7356c76c77ed0cdf76d89b99ae65927515f61f33ac269c7b878753"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
+---
+
+# Maine LD 1324 (129) — Resolve, To Establish The Committee To Study The Feasibility Of Creating Basic Income Security
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0412&item=2&snum=129)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0412&item=1&snum=129)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0412&item=3&snum=129)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **77–62** (pass) · lower
+- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **21–13** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Eloise VITELLI — primary (person)
+- Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
+- Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
+- David MIRAMANT — cosponsor (person)
+- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
+- Shenna BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-19** Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2019-03-19** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-19** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-05-29** Reports Read
+- **2019-05-29** On motion by Senator BELLOWS of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-05-29** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 152 Yeas 21 - Nays 13 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
+- **2019-05-29** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2019-05-29** Committee Amendment "A" (S-157) READ and ADOPTED
+- **2019-05-29** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-157) `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-29** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2019-05-30** Reports READ.
+- **2019-05-30** On motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-05-30** ROLL CALL NO. 154
+- **2019-05-30** (Yeas 77 - Nays 62 - Absent 9 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
+- **2019-05-30** The Resolve was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2019-05-30** Committee Amendment "A" (S-157) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2019-05-30** Under suspension of the rules, the Resolve was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2019-05-30** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-157).
+- **2019-05-30** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-03** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
+- **2019-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-04** On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc PLACED ON THE SPECIAL STUDY TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE, in concurrence.
+- **2019-06-18** On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin TAKEN FROM THE SPECIAL STUDY TABLE
+- **2019-06-18** Subsequently FINALLY PASSED `passage`
+- **2019-06-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0eb3cdb8-87af-46a3-87b1-90f8b9898de8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+