---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Modernize The Laws Governing Maine Harness Racing"
description: "An Act To Modernize The Laws Governing Maine Harness Racing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1532"
citation: "Maine LD 1532 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GAMBLING", "HARNESS RACING", "REVISIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAREAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-04-25"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6467dd0c-3f7a-4d9c-8e53-917f35f9c22f"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280065041"
source_hash: "2124f8fa36629dbc4a7661d16ce84cf4c27550376a67f1eba384d0ba15c362d2"
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 1532 (128) — An Act To Modernize The Laws Governing Maine Harness Racing

## 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/HP105201.asp)

## Sponsors

- MAREAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-25** Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-04-25** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-25** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-12** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-06-12** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-06-12** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-478).
- **2017-06-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-13** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2017-06-13** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (H-478) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-478), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-13** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2017-06-15** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2017-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-19** 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/6467dd0c-3f7a-4d9c-8e53-917f35f9c22f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).