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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Resolve, To Establish The Blue Economy Task Force To Support Maine'S Emergence As A Center For Blue Economy Innovation And Opportunity In The 21St Century"
+description: "Resolve, To Establish The Blue Economy Task Force To Support Maine'S Emergence As A Center For Blue Economy Innovation And Opportunity In The 21St Century"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "131"
+identifier: "LD 1286"
+citation: "Maine LD 1286 (131)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BLUE ECONOMY", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "PLANNING"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jill DUSON"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 39
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-23"
+last_action: "2023-07-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1d44672-8b2b-4dc7-b7c1-5ed0212f1f9c"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280087950"
+source_hash: "f760f1222c6d5dc558278291ee28a6a77ba8f5299cdf907b05c3c12d010607c6"
+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 1286 (131) — Resolve, To Establish The Blue Economy Task Force To Support Maine'S Emergence As A Center For Blue Economy Innovation And Opportunity In The 21St Century
+
+## 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=SP0523&item=2&snum=131)
+2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0523&item=5&snum=131)
+3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0523&item=1&snum=131)
+4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0523&item=4&snum=131)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **80–66** (pass) · lower
+- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **24–9** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jill DUSON — primary (person)
+- Ann MATLACK — cosponsor (person)
+- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
+- Cameron RENY — cosponsor (person)
+- David BOYER — cosponsor (person)
+- Glenn CURRY — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenneth DAVIS — cosponsor (person)
+- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
+- Morgan RIELLY — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-23** Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2023-03-23** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-23** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
+- **2023-06-13** Reports READ
+- **2023-06-13** On motion by Senator CURRY of Waldo The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
+- **2023-06-13** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 320 Yeas 24 - Nays 9 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
+- **2023-06-13** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-296) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-296) `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2023-06-13** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2023-06-14** Reports READ.
+- **2023-06-14** On motion of Representative ROBERTS of South Berwick, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2023-06-14** ROLL CALL NO. 216
+- **2023-06-14** (Yeas 80 - Nays 66 - Absent 4 - Excused 1)
+- **2023-06-14** The Resolve was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-296) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2023-06-14** Under suspension of the rules, the Resolve was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2023-06-14** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-296). `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-06-15** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-06-15** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE, in concurrence.
+- **2023-07-25** On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
+- **2023-07-25** 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-296) `reading-3`
+- **2023-07-25** Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-296) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-07-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-476) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-296) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-07-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-296) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-476) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-07-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-296) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-476) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
+- **2023-07-25** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2023-07-25** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-296) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-476) thereto. `reading-3`
+- **2023-07-25** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-07-25** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
+- **2023-07-25** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-07-25** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2023-07-27** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2023-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2023-06-13T04:00:00+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/d1d44672-8b2b-4dc7-b7c1-5ed0212f1f9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+