---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Modify The Definition Of \"General Use Pesticide\""
description: "An Act To Modify The Definition Of \"General Use Pesticide\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 594"
citation: "Maine LD 594 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PESTICIDES", "PEST MANAGEMENT", "GENERAL USE PESTICIDES DEFINITION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAVIELLO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1c9adc2-e466-4e9f-a9bb-a8de5275609a"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063356"
source_hash: "eb8383a36a3301fe6f3518b997b37b8c900e0a185f0904aa1e5c4eb9e55e0de4"
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 594 (128) — An Act To Modify The Definition Of "General Use Pesticide"

## 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/SP020901.asp)

## Sponsors

- SAVIELLO — primary (person)
- TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY suggested and ordered printed
- **2017-02-16** REFERENCE to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY
- **2017-02-16** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-02-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-25** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2017-04-25** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-04-25** Assigned for SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2017-04-27** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2017-04-27** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-27** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2017-05-02** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-05-02** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-05-02** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2017-05-02** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-04** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-05-11** 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/d1c9adc2-e466-4e9f-a9bb-a8de5275609a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).