---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Protect The Environment And Public Health By Further Reducing Toxic Chemicals In Packaging"
description: "An Act To Protect The Environment And Public Health By Further Reducing Toxic Chemicals In Packaging"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1433"
citation: "Maine LD 1433 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TOXIC SUBSTANCES", "TOXIC CHEMICALS", "PACKAGING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jessica FAY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-28"
last_action: "2019-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8cceead-145b-4f5b-abb7-9c5700595cd5"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072805"
source_hash: "2cfe9d735fb66f33fa1eb95ae9a7635dcb7ad588b6460c7c2e7f6b1d64f05d29"
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 1433 (129) — An Act To Protect The Environment And Public Health By Further Reducing Toxic Chemicals In Packaging

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1043&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1043&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1043&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **96–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jessica FAY — primary (person)
- Bettyann SHEATS — cosponsor (person)
- Henry INGWERSEN — cosponsor (person)
- Paul STEARNS — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca MILLETT — cosponsor (person)
- Robert FOLEY — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley ZEIGLER — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas SKOLFIELD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-28** Committee on Environment and Natural Resources suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-03-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-28** Reports READ.
- **2019-05-28** On motion of Representative TUCKER of Brunswick, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-28** ROLL CALL NO. 134
- **2019-05-28** (Yeas 96 - Nays 44 - Absent 8 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
- **2019-05-28** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-362) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-28** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-05-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-362).
- **2019-05-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-29** Reports READ
- **2019-05-29** On motion by Senator CARSON of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
- **2019-05-30** Taken from the table by the President
- **2019-05-30** Subsequently On motion by Senator CARSON of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2019-05-30** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-05-30** Committee Amendment "A" (H-362) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-05-30** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-362) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2019-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-04** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-13** 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/d8cceead-145b-4f5b-abb7-9c5700595cd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).