---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Create The Water Resources Planning Committee"
description: "An Act To Create The Water Resources Planning Committee"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 199"
citation: "Maine LD 199 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GROUNDWATER", "CONSERVATION", "WATER RESOURCES PLANNING COMMITTEE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael SYLVESTER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fc7a3a4-6a05-4375-a464-9bf979db5d70"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070945"
source_hash: "de590c93d251a7bb661fa284fa3377c64c3f6aa1b41a4971e588c125e333fabf"
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 199 (129) — An Act To Create The Water Resources Planning Committee

## 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=HP0162&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0162&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0162&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Michael SYLVESTER — primary (person)
- Chloe MAXMIN — cosponsor (person)
- Colleen MADIGAN — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Donna DOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle DUNPHY — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- Walter RISEMAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-22** On motion of Representative HICKMAN of Winthrop, TABLED pending REFERENCE.
- **2019-01-22** Later today assigned.
- **2019-01-24** Speaker laid before the House
- **2019-01-24** Subsequently, the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-29** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-04-11** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-04-11** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-87).
- **2019-04-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-16** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-04-16** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Committee Amendment "A" (H-87) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-87), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-04-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-04-30** 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/8fc7a3a4-6a05-4375-a464-9bf979db5d70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).