---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Protect The Products Of Maine Farmers"
description: "An Act To Protect The Products Of Maine Farmers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1889"
citation: "Maine LD 1889 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "CONSERVATION AND FORE", "PROCEDURES", "MISBRANDED MEAT PRODUCTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott CUDDY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-12-24"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f45c526-889d-44de-bb88-79e2910ea057"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280075708"
source_hash: "41ea168085b6823dacd3865600fb5fc3fd1f92653bbf08a1edca62473facdf74"
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 1889 (129) — An Act To Protect The Products Of Maine Farmers

## 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=HP1355&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1355&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1355&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Scott CUDDY — primary (person)
- Victoria DOUDERA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-24** Received by the Clerk of the House on December 20, 2019.
- **2019-12-24** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2020-03-10** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2020-03-10** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-726).
- **2020-03-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-12** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2020-03-12** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-12** Committee Amendment "A" (H-726) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-726), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2020-03-12** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2020-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-03-18** 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/8f45c526-889d-44de-bb88-79e2910ea057`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).