---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding The Timeliness Of Payments To The State"
description: "An Act Regarding The Timeliness Of Payments To The State"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1697"
citation: "Maine LD 1697 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE GOVERNMENT", "PAYMENTS", "SCHEDULING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roland MARTIN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-05-07"
last_action: "2019-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c548316-10c5-4902-a50c-37d3523dd8c3"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073793"
source_hash: "dceca2dd95fa16fb75f4623439170e91b0150ceb46db05cf4d3599e1b91dab7f"
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 1697 (129) — An Act Regarding The Timeliness Of Payments To The State

## 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=HP1212&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1212&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1212&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Roland MARTIN — primary (person)
- Jeffrey EVANGELOS — cosponsor (person)
- MaryAnne KINNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Ned CLAXTON — cosponsor (person)
- Walter RISEMAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-07** Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-05-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-06** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-06** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-479).
- **2019-06-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-06** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-06** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Committee Amendment "A" (H-479) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-479), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-06** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-06-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-17** 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/0c548316-10c5-4902-a50c-37d3523dd8c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).