---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide Funding For Two Positions In The Department Of Agriculture, Conservation And Forestry"
description: "An Act To Provide Funding For Two Positions In The Department Of Agriculture, Conservation And Forestry"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1843"
citation: "Maine LD 1843 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig HICKMAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-06-18"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0255c6b2-86e6-465a-9681-cbfdacd8e785"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280074692"
source_hash: "25687dc1839702f2966d87dfd3b1c04c7f4d64118ff03b86bf59d539f957a427"
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 1843 (129) — An Act To Provide Funding For Two Positions In The Department Of Agriculture, Conservation And Forestry

## Version chain

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

1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1314&item=1&snum=129)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1314&item=2&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Craig HICKMAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-18** Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-06-18** Under suspension of the rules and WITHOUT REFERENCE to a Committee, the Bill was READ TWICE and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2019-06-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-18** Under suspension of the Rules READ TWICE and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, without reference to a Committee. in concurrence
- **2019-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-20** 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/0255c6b2-86e6-465a-9681-cbfdacd8e785`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).