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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Improve Recycling By Updating The Stewardship Program For Packaging"
+description: "An Act To Improve Recycling By Updating The Stewardship Program For Packaging"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "132"
+identifier: "LD 1423"
+citation: "Maine LD 1423 (132)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["PACKAGING", "RECYCLING", "WASTES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Joseph BALDACCI"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-04-01"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c7fb597-d973-48fa-b122-4d25f2eb75c7"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098094"
+source_hash: "bc0c3fcff13fa8249e38f83190867eced2cab971ebf1dfc0392ce6065f52bfda"
+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 1423 (132) — An Act To Improve Recycling By Updating The Stewardship Program For Packaging
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment C-A (S-419)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0579&item=2&snum=132)
+2. **Amendment C-B (S-420)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0579&item=3&snum=132)
+3. **Chapter 383** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0579&item=4&snum=132)
+4. **LD 1423 SP 579** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0579&item=1&snum=132)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **88–59** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joseph BALDACCI — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-04-01** Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2025-04-01** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-01** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2025-06-16** Reports Read
+- **2025-06-16** On motion by Senator TEPLER of Sagadahoc the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-419) Report ACCEPTED
+- **2025-06-16** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2025-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-419) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-16** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-419) `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-06-16** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2025-06-17** Reports READ.
+- **2025-06-17** On motion of Representative DOUDERA of Camden, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2025-06-17** ROLL CALL NO. 554
+- **2025-06-17** (Yeas 88 - Nays 59 - Absent 2 - Excused 2)
+- **2025-06-17** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2025-06-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-419) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2025-06-17** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2025-06-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-419). `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-17** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2025-06-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2025-06-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2025-06-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2025-06-20** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2025-06-16T04:00:00+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/7c7fb597-d973-48fa-b122-4d25f2eb75c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+