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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Establish The Maine Climate Change Council To Assist Maine To Mitigate, Prepare For And Adapt To Climate Change"
+description: "An Act To Establish The Maine Climate Change Council To Assist Maine To Mitigate, Prepare For And Adapt To Climate Change"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "129"
+identifier: "LD 1679"
+citation: "Maine LD 1679 (129)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS", "PLANNING", "CLIMATE CHANGE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David WOODSOME"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-05-02"
+last_action: "2019-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb4180d4-9f41-48bb-aad8-2a1c18e4659e"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073696"
+source_hash: "b2c5aaaf87efea2755327f4de3846573c87a5af877722608d0024abe82271eff"
+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 1679 (129) — An Act To Establish The Maine Climate Change Council To Assist Maine To Mitigate, Prepare For And Adapt To Climate Change
+
+## 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=SP0550&item=2&snum=129)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0550&item=1&snum=129)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0550&item=3&snum=129)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Enactment - Emer — **107–29** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David WOODSOME — primary (person)
+- Andrew McLEAN — cosponsor (person)
+- Brian HUBBELL — cosponsor (person)
+- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
+- Chloe MAXMIN — cosponsor (person)
+- David MIRAMANT — cosponsor (person)
+- Dennis KESCHL — cosponsor (person)
+- Jessica FAY — cosponsor (person)
+- John MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
+- Lydia BLUME — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
+- Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
+- Matthew POULIOT — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick COREY — cosponsor (person)
+- Ralph TUCKER — cosponsor (person)
+- Russell BLACK — cosponsor (person)
+- Sara GIDEON — cosponsor (person)
+- Seth BERRY — cosponsor (person)
+- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-05-02** Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2019-05-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-02** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-06** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-06-06** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-06** Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2019-06-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-221). `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-06** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
+- **2019-06-06** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
+- **2019-06-06** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
+- **2019-06-06** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-221).
+- **2019-06-06** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-07** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
+- **2019-06-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2019-06-07** ROLL CALL NO. 209
+- **2019-06-07** (Yeas 107 - Nays 29 - Absent 12 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
+- **2019-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-10** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
+- **2019-06-19** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
+- **2019-06-19** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-06-26** 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/eb4180d4-9f41-48bb-aad8-2a1c18e4659e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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