---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Make Changes To The Potato Marketing Improvement Fund"
description: "An Act To Make Changes To The Potato Marketing Improvement Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 124"
citation: "Maine LD 124 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["POTATOES", "MARKETING IMPROVEMENTS FUND", "POTATO MARKETING FUND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCREA"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/254f9552-6ea3-497f-af75-fa728c81af75"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280062630"
source_hash: "2937f99f1305807bf08196df14cab7ea20f8440928eb3fb1cb3f9a4688d269d1"
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 124 (128) — An Act To Make Changes To The Potato Marketing Improvement Fund

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP009201.asp)

## Sponsors

- McCREA — primary (person)
- BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- JOHANSEN — cosponsor (person)
- MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
- MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
- McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- RYKERSON — cosponsor (person)
- SHERMAN — cosponsor (person)
- STEWART — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-17** Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-01-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-01-19** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-03-09** Committee on Bills in the Second Reading Reports no further verbal amendments necessary. Report Accepted.
- **2017-03-09** CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-03-09** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2017-03-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-03-14** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2017-03-14** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-14** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2017-03-16** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2017-03-16** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-16** Ordered sent down forthwith
- **2017-03-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-03-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-03-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-03-24** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/254f9552-6ea3-497f-af75-fa728c81af75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).