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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Resolve, To Direct The Department Of Transportation To Implement The Recommendations Of The Mountain Division Rail Use Advisory Council"
+description: "Resolve, To Direct The Department Of Transportation To Implement The Recommendations Of The Mountain Division Rail Use Advisory Council"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "131"
+identifier: "LD 404"
+citation: "Maine LD 404 (131)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["POWERS", "RAIL TRAIL", "TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Richard BENNETT"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-02"
+last_action: "2023-06-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0a2e39e-7edb-4abc-9682-b644427422c1"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085725"
+source_hash: "116fb678ed65ab9e0e27fb1c090fa8a436b3641f37da4f1d8880cdc49a2efce2"
+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 404 (131) — Resolve, To Direct The Department Of Transportation To Implement The Recommendations Of The Mountain Division Rail Use Advisory Council
+
+## 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=SP0185&item=3&snum=131)
+2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0185&item=2&snum=131)
+3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0185&item=1&snum=131)
+4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0185&item=4&snum=131)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACCEPT MINORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED "B" (S-347) REPORT — **7–27** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Richard BENNETT — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-02** Committee on TRANSPORTATION suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2023-02-02** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-02** 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.
+- **2023-06-21** Reports READ
+- **2023-06-21** Senator CHIPMAN of Cumberland moved to Accept The Minority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "B" (S-347) Report
+- **2023-06-21** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 415 Yeas 7 - Nays 27 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 FAILED
+- **2023-06-21** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-346) Report ACCEPTED
+- **2023-06-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-21** Committee Amendment "A" (S-346) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-346) `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2023-06-21** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2023-06-22** Reports READ.
+- **2023-06-22** On motion of Representative WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2023-06-22** The Resolve was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-22** Committee Amendment "A" (S-346) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2023-06-22** Under suspension of the rules, the Resolve was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2023-06-22** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-346). `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-06-22** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
+- **2023-06-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-06-22** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2023-06-28** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2023-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0a2e39e-7edb-4abc-9682-b644427422c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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