---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Authorize A General Fund Bond Issue To Improve Highways, Bridges And Multimodal Facilities"
description: "An Act To Authorize A General Fund Bond Issue To Improve Highways, Bridges And Multimodal Facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1850"
citation: "Maine LD 1850 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOND ISSUES", "TRANSPORTATION", "HIGHWAYS", "BRIDGES", "MULTIMODAL FACIL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill DIAMOND"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-08-26"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d48a455-d770-4211-8dd5-70ab88c4bf3e"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280075063"
source_hash: "66a0023cd25e761434ad0ed438f4471eda902d5cb941d249aca04279fd0ea10c"
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 1850 (129) — An Act To Authorize A General Fund Bond Issue To Improve Highways, Bridges And Multimodal Facilities

## 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=SP0634&item=1&snum=129)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0634&item=2&snum=129)

## Votes

- PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Enactment - Bond Issue — **127–8** (pass) · lower
- ENACT-BOND ISSUE 2/3 VOTE — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill DIAMOND — primary (person)
- Andrew McLEAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-26** Under suspension of the Rules READ TWICE and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, without reference to a Committee.
- **2019-08-26** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 365 Yeas 32 - Nays 0 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
- **2019-08-26** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-08-26** Under suspension of the rules and WITHOUT REFERENCE to a Committee, the Bill was READ TWICE and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2019-08-26** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-08-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-08-26** In accordance with the provisions of Section 14 of Article IX of the Constitution, a two-thirds vote of the House being necessary, a total was taken.
- **2019-08-26** ROLL CALL NO. 330
- **2019-08-26** (Yeas 127 - Nays 8 - Absent 16 - Excused 0)
- **2019-08-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-08-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - 2/3 Present Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-08-26** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 369 Yeas 32 - Nays 0 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
- **2019-08-30** 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/4d48a455-d770-4211-8dd5-70ab88c4bf3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).