---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding The Funding Of Volunteer Fire Departments"
description: "An Act Regarding The Funding Of Volunteer Fire Departments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 150"
citation: "Maine LD 150 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIRE SAFETY", "FIRE DEPARTMENTS", "FINANCING BY TOWNS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THERIAULT"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/deeb950d-7085-4f9b-9a35-6e40ebbada97"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280062653"
source_hash: "163e5531fc9a16c72ecb69c15358241c55dbd83e60b3297d4fd04ca9ed3d1c18"
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 150 (128) — An Act Regarding The Funding Of Volunteer Fire Departments

## 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/HP010801.asp)

## Sponsors

- THERIAULT — primary (person)
- DEVIN — cosponsor (person)
- ESPLING — cosponsor (person)
- FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
- GERRISH — cosponsor (person)
- HILLIARD — cosponsor (person)
- MAKER — cosponsor (person)
- STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- WARD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-01-19** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-01-26** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-18** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-04-18** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-04-18** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-46).
- **2017-04-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-19** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2017-04-19** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-04-19** Committee Amendment "A" (H-46) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2017-04-20** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2017-04-20** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-46), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-20** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2017-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-04-28** 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/deeb950d-7085-4f9b-9a35-6e40ebbada97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).