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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Resolve, To Study And Recommend Improvements To Maine'S Dam Safety"
+description: "Resolve, To Study And Recommend Improvements To Maine'S Dam Safety"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "130"
+identifier: "LD 1488"
+citation: "Maine LD 1488 (130)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["DAMS", "MAINTENANCE", "SAFETY PROGRAM UPDATES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Arthur BELL"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-04-12"
+last_action: "2022-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8b71ad5-3aca-4bfd-aacc-e18a8232f4af"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280080388"
+source_hash: "1d0d0a5c72f76d4e5d055eb498770e978a0855e84b9e66142896a19dbff54c04"
+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 1488 (130) — Resolve, To Study And Recommend Improvements To Maine'S Dam Safety
+
+## 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=HP1102&item=2&snum=130)
+2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1102&item=7&snum=130)
+3. **Divided Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1102&item=3&snum=130)
+4. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1102&item=1&snum=130)
+5. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1102&item=6&snum=130)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ADOPT HAH-470 TO CAH-436 — **77–61** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Arthur BELL — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-04-12** Received by the Clerk of the House on April 12, 2021. `receipt`
+- **2021-04-12** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-08** Reports READ.
+- **2021-06-08** Representative TUCKER of Brunswick moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
+- **2021-06-08** On motion of Representative DUNPHY of Old Town, TABLED pending the motion of Representative TUCKER of Brunswick to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
+- **2021-06-08** Later today assigned.
+- **2021-06-08** Speaker laid before the House
+- **2021-06-08** Subsequently, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2021-06-08** The Resolve was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2021-06-08** Committee Amendment "A" (H-436) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2021-06-08** On motion of Representative DUNPHY of Old Town, the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-436) was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-08** On motion of Representative BELL of Yarmouth, House Amendment "A" (H-470) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-436) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2021-06-08** ROLL CALL NO. 188
+- **2021-06-08** (Yeas 77 - Nays 61 - Absent 13 - Excused 0)
+- **2021-06-08** Committee Amendment "A" (H-436) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-470) thereto was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-08** Under suspension of the rules, the Resolve was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2021-06-08** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-436) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-470) thereto. `reading-3`
+- **2021-06-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2021-06-09** Reports Read
+- **2021-06-09** On motion by Senator BRENNER of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
+- **2021-06-09** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2021-06-09** Committee Amendment "A" (H-436) READ
+- **2021-06-09** House Amendment "A" (H-470) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-436) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-09** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-436) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-470) thereto in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2021-06-09** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
+- **2021-06-09** Sent for concurrence.
+- **2021-06-10** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE, in concurrence.
+- **2021-07-19** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1302
+- **2022-04-25** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
+- **2022-04-25** On motion by Same Senator Under suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-436) `reading-3`
+- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Under further suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-436) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Under further suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby House Amendment "A" (H-470) was ADOPTED AND to INDEFINITELY POSTPONE the same
+- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-617) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-436) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-25** Committee Amendment "A" (H-436) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-617) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-436) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-617) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
+- **2022-04-25** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2022-04-25** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-436) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-617) thereto. `reading-3`
+- **2022-04-25** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2022-04-25** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
+- **2022-04-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2022-04-25** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2022-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2021-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered
+- **2021-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2021-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8b71ad5-3aca-4bfd-aacc-e18a8232f4af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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