---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Authorize The Oxford County Commissioners To Close The Western District Registry Of Deeds"
description: "An Act To Authorize The Oxford County Commissioners To Close The Western District Registry Of Deeds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1679"
citation: "Maine LD 1679 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTY GOVERNMENT", "REGISTERS OF DEEDS", "OXFORD COUNTY WESTERN DISTRICT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WINSOR"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0a9fdd4-6c44-49d9-9eb4-ab1d714f4d84"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280067162"
source_hash: "a5deff18c8ad867e2eecf71aefe246cb2251d0148acd8426b725acd92449102a"
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 1679 (128) — An Act To Authorize The Oxford County Commissioners To Close The Western District Registry Of Deeds

## 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/HP116701.asp)

## Sponsors

- WINSOR — primary (person)
- DILLINGHAM — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-20** Received by the Clerk of the House on December 18, 2017.
- **2017-12-20** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2018-02-20** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2018-02-20** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-598).
- **2018-02-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-02-22** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2018-02-22** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** Committee Amendment "A" (H-598) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-598), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2018-02-27** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2018-02-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2018-02-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-03-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2018-03-07** 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/c0a9fdd4-6c44-49d9-9eb4-ab1d714f4d84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).