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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Provide For Legislative Review Of Federally Mandated Major Substantive Rules Under The Maine Administrative Procedure Act"
+description: "An Act To Provide For Legislative Review Of Federally Mandated Major Substantive Rules Under The Maine Administrative Procedure Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "129"
+identifier: "LD 285"
+citation: "Maine LD 285 (129)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["STATE GOVERNMENT", "ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT", "RULEMAKING PROCESS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Stanley ZEIGLER"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-22"
+last_action: "2019-04-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/936b1949-3af0-4948-a2df-93be20116059"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071038"
+source_hash: "effa00328c4627d270df60f3da69be99c1f84b85dd341d8f71f7daedfeceaebe"
+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 285 (129) — An Act To Provide For Legislative Review Of Federally Mandated Major Substantive Rules Under The Maine Administrative Procedure Act
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0209&item=1&snum=129)
+2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0209&item=3&snum=129)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP — **84–55** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Stanley ZEIGLER — primary (person)
+- Ann MATLACK — cosponsor (person)
+- Bettyann SHEATS — cosponsor (person)
+- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
+- Erin HERBIG — cosponsor (person)
+- Kent ACKLEY — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott CUDDY — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-22** Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
+- **2019-01-22** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-01-24** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-19** Reports READ.
+- **2019-03-19** On motion of Representative MARTIN of Sinclair, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-03-19** ROLL CALL NO. 17
+- **2019-03-19** (Yeas 84 - Nays 55 - Absent 10 - Excused 1 Vacant 1)
+- **2019-03-19** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-19** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2019-03-19** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
+- **2019-03-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-03-21** Reports Read
+- **2019-03-21** On motion by Senator CLAXTON of Androscoggin the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
+- **2019-03-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-21** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
+- **2019-03-26** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-03-26** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-26** Ordered sent down forthwith
+- **2019-03-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2019-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-04-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2019-04-11** 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/936b1949-3af0-4948-a2df-93be20116059`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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