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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Reduce Hunger And Promote Maine Agriculture"
+description: "An Act To Reduce Hunger And Promote Maine Agriculture"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "129"
+identifier: "LD 786"
+citation: "Maine LD 786 (129)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "CONSERVATION AND FORES", "POWERS", "HUNGER RELIEF SERVICES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-12"
+last_action: "2019-06-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6223d512-f3e0-4fac-9d1d-770959fac8aa"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071742"
+source_hash: "0ebbb353f100db3471cfd65a7e3cf1cac8cdfb53313b8318333f9aff1ac595c6"
+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 786 (129) — An Act To Reduce Hunger And Promote Maine Agriculture
+
+## 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=SP0230&item=2&snum=129)
+2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0230&item=5&snum=129)
+3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0230&item=1&snum=129)
+4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0230&item=4&snum=129)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Enactment — **133–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)
+- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
+- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
+- James DILL — cosponsor (person)
+- Nathan WADSWORTH — cosponsor (person)
+- Norman HIGGINS — cosponsor (person)
+- Randall HALL — cosponsor (person)
+- Russell BLACK — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas SKOLFIELD — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-12** 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
+- **2019-02-12** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-05-07** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-05-07** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2019-05-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-81) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2019-05-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-81). `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-07** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
+- **2019-05-08** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
+- **2019-05-08** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
+- **2019-05-08** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-81).
+- **2019-05-08** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-05-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2019-05-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-05-16** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
+- **2019-06-19** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
+- **2019-06-19** Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-81)
+- **2019-06-19** Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-81) was ADOPTED
+- **2019-06-19** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-331) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-81) READ and ADOPTED
+- **2019-06-19** Committee Amendment "A" (S-81) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-331) thereto ADOPTED
+- **2019-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-81) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-331) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE
+- **2019-06-19** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2019-06-19** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-81) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-331) thereto.
+- **2019-06-19** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2019-06-19** ROLL CALL NO. 317
+- **2019-06-19** (Yeas 133 - Nays 10 - Absent 7 - Excused 1)
+- **2019-06-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2019-06-28** 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/6223d512-f3e0-4fac-9d1d-770959fac8aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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