---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Designate The Maine Farms Agricultural Resource Management And Sustainability Recognition Program"
description: "An Act To Designate The Maine Farms Agricultural Resource Management And Sustainability Recognition Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1445"
citation: "Maine LD 1445 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FARMS", "PROMOTION", "FARMS RECOGNITION PROGRAM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BLACK"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-04-13"
last_action: "2017-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb0e3a59-e012-4d37-a56a-2702f480b1af"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280064821"
source_hash: "1a4ad46b5a8c52d85dbd4918cf31f22b8f5aa678def841bd0569f3fc4234ebb7"
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 1445 (128) — An Act To Designate The Maine Farms Agricultural Resource Management And Sustainability Recognition Program

## 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/HP099701.asp)

## Sponsors

- BLACK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-13** Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-04-13** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-18** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-06-01** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-06-01** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-377).
- **2017-06-01** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-05** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2017-06-05** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-05** Committee Amendment "A" (H-377) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-05** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-377), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-05** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2017-06-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-08** 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/fb0e3a59-e012-4d37-a56a-2702f480b1af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).