---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Authorize A General Fund Bond Issue To Improve Multimodal Facilities, Highways And Bridges"
description: "An Act To Authorize A General Fund Bond Issue To Improve Multimodal Facilities, Highways And Bridges"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1815"
citation: "Maine LD 1815 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOND ISSUES", "TRANSPORTATION", "HIGHWAYS", "BRIDGES", "MULTIMODAL FACIL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HAMPER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8308cff3-8d8c-4298-a735-dab312ffd174"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280067701"
source_hash: "7a2ec9f34e756b1c6e8a89032d483e803313fad5ffbedf223f732c0239ed858f"
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 1815 (128) — An Act To Authorize A General Fund Bond Issue To Improve Multimodal Facilities, Highways And Bridges

## 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/SP068201.asp)

## Votes

- Enactment - Bond Issue — **128–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HAMPER — primary (person)
- COLLINS — cosponsor (person)
- McLEAN — cosponsor (person)
- PARRY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Committee on APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2018-02-01** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-05-02** CARRIED OVER to any Special Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 748.
- **2018-05-02** Carried over to the next special session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 748.
- **2018-06-21** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2018-06-21** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-21** Committee Amendment "A" (S-531) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2018-06-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-531). `reading-2`
- **2018-06-21** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2018-07-09** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2018-07-09** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2018-07-09** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-531).
- **2018-07-09** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-07-09** This being a Bond Authorization Act, in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 of Article IX of the Constitution, a two-thirds vote of the membership of the House present was necessary.
- **2018-07-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2018-07-09** ROLL CALL NO. 739
- **2018-07-09** (Yeas 128 - Nays 0 - Absent 23 - Excused 0)
- **2018-07-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-07-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - 2/3 Present Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2018-07-10** 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/8308cff3-8d8c-4298-a735-dab312ffd174`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).