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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Resolve, To Establish The Gagetown Harmful Chemical Study Commission"
+description: "Resolve, To Establish The Gagetown Harmful Chemical Study Commission"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "131"
+identifier: "LD 1597"
+citation: "Maine LD 1597 (131)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BENEFITS", "GAGETOWN", "NEW BRUNSWICK", "VETERANS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-04-11"
+last_action: "2023-07-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76c90412-0760-4a3a-b71a-19f3948a81ac"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088550"
+source_hash: "9e5a8e00570f86b74791222d5ff48d4b50465464a08fc1b9a074f3089f86fba7"
+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 1597 (131) — Resolve, To Establish The Gagetown Harmful Chemical Study Commission
+
+## 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=SP0628&item=2&snum=131)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0628&item=1&snum=131)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0628&item=3&snum=131)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)
+- Bradlee FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
+- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
+- Laura SUPICA — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark BABIN — cosponsor (person)
+- Roger ALBERT — cosponsor (person)
+- Stacy BRENNER — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-04-11** Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2023-04-11** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-11** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-06-06** Reports Read
+- **2023-06-06** On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
+- **2023-06-06** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 220 Yeas 35 - Nays 0 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
+- **2023-06-06** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-06** Committee Amendment "A" (S-170) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-170) `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2023-06-06** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2023-06-07** Reports READ.
+- **2023-06-07** On motion of Representative RIELLY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2023-06-07** The Resolve was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-170) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2023-06-07** Under suspension of the rules, the Resolve was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2023-06-07** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-170). `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-06-08** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
+- **2023-06-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-06-12** On motion by Senator DAUGHTRY of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL STUDY TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE, in concurrence.
+- **2023-07-06** On motion by Senator DAUGHTRY of Cumberland TAKEN FROM THE SPECIAL STUDY TABLE
+- **2023-07-06** FINALLY PASSED in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-07-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2023-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2023-06-02T04:00:00+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/76c90412-0760-4a3a-b71a-19f3948a81ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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