---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Update Maine'S Water Quality Standards"
description: "An Act To Update Maine'S Water Quality Standards"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1298"
citation: "Maine LD 1298 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WATER QUALITY", "FEDERAL LAW", "CLEAN WATER ACT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HARLOW"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-04-04"
last_action: "2018-02-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33a1dc76-e5c9-4826-904b-46b918e9dcf5"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280064521"
source_hash: "f964ff735adaea0f4c2d12cc99a700b96d0366b007a5729bbedbdd65c8e70682"
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 1298 (128) — An Act To Update Maine'S Water Quality Standards

## 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/HP089501.asp)

## Sponsors

- HARLOW — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-04** Committee on Environment and Natural Resources suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-04-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-08-02** CARRIED OVER to any Special or Regular Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1138.
- **2017-08-02** Carried over to any special or regular session, or both, of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1138.
- **2018-01-30** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2018-01-30** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2018-01-30** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-574).
- **2018-01-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-02-01** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2018-02-01** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Committee Amendment "A" (H-574) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
- **2018-02-01** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2018-02-06** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2018-02-06** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-574), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-06** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2018-02-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2018-02-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-02-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2018-02-16** 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/33a1dc76-e5c9-4826-904b-46b918e9dcf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).