---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Strengthen Testing For Lead In School Drinking Water"
description: "An Act To Strengthen Testing For Lead In School Drinking Water"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 153"
citation: "Maine LD 153 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOL FACILITIES", "BUILDINGS", "LEAD EXPOSURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca MILLETT"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/964f5c24-945b-499e-88f3-5e67406fcef5"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070860"
source_hash: "8899dab46bd7dc35b75896840cf0e940fd195e9d735b2c636c4aa0160c48d482"
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 153 (129) — An Act To Strengthen Testing For Lead In School Drinking Water

## 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=SP0040&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0040&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0040&item=4&snum=129)
4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0040&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Rebecca MILLETT — primary (person)
- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- Colleen MADIGAN — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret CRAVEN — cosponsor (person)
- Ned CLAXTON — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia HYMANSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-01-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-07** Reports Read
- **2019-05-07** On motion by Senator GRATWICK of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-84) Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-07** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-84) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-05-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-84) `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-05-08** Reports READ.
- **2019-05-08** On motion of Representative HYMANSON of York, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-08** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Committee Amendment "A" (S-84) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-05-08** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-84).
- **2019-05-08** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-28** 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/964f5c24-945b-499e-88f3-5e67406fcef5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).