---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide Funding For Geographic Information System Services"
description: "An Act To Provide Funding For Geographic Information System Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1649"
citation: "Maine LD 1649 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SVC DE", "INFORMATION SERVICES BUREAU", "GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SERVICES FUN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HAMPER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-10-23"
last_action: "2017-10-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8400b7f-8e27-4b9c-9d44-cc8389873759"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280066839"
source_hash: "e9a07b5b3fb8ea9a2cf133a63eec6a6461292d19381a4b184d563adac3da9a66"
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 1649 (128) — An Act To Provide Funding For Geographic Information System Services

## 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/SP060601.asp)

## Sponsors

- HAMPER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-23** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2017-10-23** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-10-23** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2`
- **2017-10-23** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2017-10-23** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-10-23** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-10-23** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2017-10-23** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-10-23** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2017-10-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-10-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-10-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-10-31** 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/f8400b7f-8e27-4b9c-9d44-cc8389873759`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).