---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Ban Use Of Aerial Herbicide Spraying For The Purpose Of Deforestation"
description: "An Act To Ban Use Of Aerial Herbicide Spraying For The Purpose Of Deforestation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1691"
citation: "Maine LD 1691 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PESTICIDES", "HERBICIDES", "AERIAL SPRAYING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-05-07"
last_action: "2019-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/639c0b16-a866-4b99-8bb8-b3862d6e8753"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073762"
source_hash: "0055737424114fddaae7c617f23f10804bc1ca297feaf31efe262ea6da0f6edc"
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 1691 (129) — An Act To Ban Use Of Aerial Herbicide Spraying For The Purpose Of Deforestation

## 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=SP0556&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0556&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0556&item=4&snum=129)
4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0556&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACC MIN OTP AS AMENDED REP — **75–67** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-07** Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-05-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-12** Reports READ
- **2019-06-12** Senator DILL of Penobscot moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
- **2019-06-12** On further motion by same Senator TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending his motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report,
- **2019-06-17** Taken from the table by the President
- **2019-06-17** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-262) Report ACCEPTED
- **2019-06-17** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-06-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-262) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-06-17** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-262) `reading-2`
- **2019-06-17** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-06-17** Reports READ.
- **2019-06-17** On motion of Representative PLUECKER of Warren, the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-17** ROLL CALL NO. 285
- **2019-06-17** (Yeas 75 - Nays 67 - Absent 8 - Excused 1)
- **2019-06-17** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-17** Committee Amendment "B" (S-263) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-17** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-06-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "B" (S-263).
- **2019-06-17** In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-18** On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin The Senate INSISTED To Acceptance of The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-262) Report and the Bill PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-262)
- **2019-06-18** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-06-18** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-262).
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-18** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2019-06-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-18** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-19** 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/639c0b16-a866-4b99-8bb8-b3862d6e8753`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).