---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Modernize The Voluntary Response Action Program Funding Process"
description: "An Act To Modernize The Voluntary Response Action Program Funding Process"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1258"
citation: "Maine LD 1258 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPT", "PROCEDURES", "VOLUNTARY RESPONSE ACTION PROGRAMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HAMPER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-03-30"
last_action: "2017-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99658a04-2e61-4447-8e95-36a013251d40"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280064411"
source_hash: "7e1b6ae29c6aade63616b0a0a73d3cb14ccde1ae2888110d35326facf0078d12"
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 1258 (128) — An Act To Modernize The Voluntary Response Action Program Funding Process

## 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/SP042101.asp)

## Sponsors

- HAMPER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-30** Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES suggested and ordered printed
- **2017-03-30** On motion by Senator CUSHING of Penobscot Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending REFERENCE
- **2017-03-30** Taken from the table by the President
- **2017-03-30** On motion by Senator SAVIELLO of Franklin The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-03-30** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-11** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2017-05-11** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** Committee Amendment "A" (S-76) READ and ADOPTED
- **2017-05-11** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2017-05-16** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2017-05-16** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-76) `reading-2`
- **2017-05-16** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2017-05-17** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-05-17** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-05-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-76).
- **2017-05-17** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-05-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-24** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-05-26** 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/99658a04-2e61-4447-8e95-36a013251d40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).