---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Reclassify Certain Waters Of The State"
description: "An Act To Reclassify Certain Waters Of The State"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1743"
citation: "Maine LD 1743 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GROUNDWATER", "CLASSIFICATION", "RECLASSIFYING CERTAIN WATERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanley ZEIGLER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-16"
last_action: "2019-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdd48ee9-0be0-4b22-a577-aab1aa6f6200"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073978"
source_hash: "994687106f61a51189462af5f6a834a324e4e34aa1dc6d704aaef37a6d47ac7e"
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 1743 (129) — An Act To Reclassify Certain Waters Of 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=HP1242&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1242&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1242&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ENACTMENT — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- ENACTMENT — **125–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stanley ZEIGLER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-16** Committee on Environment and Natural Resources suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-05-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-05** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-462).
- **2019-06-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-05** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-05** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-05** Committee Amendment "A" (H-462) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-05** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-462), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-05** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-06-06** On motion of Representative FECTEAU of Biddeford, TABLED pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
- **2019-06-06** Later today assigned.
- **2019-06-06** Speaker laid before the House
- **2019-06-06** Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-06** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-06** Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-06** ROLL CALL NO. 202
- **2019-06-06** (Yeas 125 - Nays 5 - Absent 18 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
- **2019-06-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-10** On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-10** Taken from the table by the President
- **2019-06-10** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-10** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 253 Yeas 35 - Nays 0 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **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/bdd48ee9-0be0-4b22-a577-aab1aa6f6200`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).