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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Clarify Activities Allowed Under The Natural Resources Protection Act"
+description: "An Act To Clarify Activities Allowed Under The Natural Resources Protection Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "132"
+identifier: "LD 2063"
+citation: "Maine LD 2063 (132)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["PLANTINGS", "PROTECTED NATURAL RESOURCES", "SAND DUNES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Denise TEPLER"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-12-15"
+last_action: "2026-03-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ca7173f-86f3-44cb-8ba8-669e130db878"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280100961"
+source_hash: "c97e2947f9fe3500611bcaf7dad88674db9f4eb67305ee005b78d3c3e6f0ad27"
+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 2063 (132) — An Act To Clarify Activities Allowed Under The Natural Resources Protection Act
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment C-A (S-508)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0851&item=2&snum=132)
+2. **Amendment C-B (S-509)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0851&item=3&snum=132)
+3. **Chapter 590** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0851&item=4&snum=132)
+4. **LD 2063 SP 851** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0851&item=1&snum=132)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **20–13** (pass) · upper
+- ACC OTP-AM BY CA "A" — **73–68** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Denise TEPLER — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-12-15** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 15, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-24** Reports READ
+- **2026-02-24** Senator TEPLER of Sagadahoc moved the Majority OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED BY COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" (S-508) Report.
+- **2026-02-24** On motion by Same Senator Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE of the Majority OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-508) Report.
+- **2026-03-05** Taken from the table by the President
+- **2026-03-05** ACCEPTANCE of The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-508) Report PREVAILED.
+- **2026-03-05** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 737 Yeas 20 - Nays 13 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
+- **2026-03-05** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-508) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-05** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
+- **2026-03-10** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
+- **2026-03-10** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-508) `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-10** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
+- **2026-03-12** Reports READ.
+- **2026-03-12** On motion of Representative DOUDERA of Camden, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2026-03-12** ROLL CALL NO. 644
+- **2026-03-12** (Yeas 73 - Nays 68 - Absent 8 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)
+- **2026-03-12** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-508) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2026-03-12** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-508). `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2026-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2026-03-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2026-03-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+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/8ca7173f-86f3-44cb-8ba8-669e130db878`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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