---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Permit The Expansion Of Municipal Membership Of The Greater Portland Transit District"
description: "An Act To Permit The Expansion Of Municipal Membership Of The Greater Portland Transit District"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 2009"
citation: "Maine LD 2009 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TRANSPORTATION DISTRICTS", "TRANSIT DISTRICTS", "GREATER PORTLAND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sara GIDEON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-02-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a35ac7f1-acf4-4381-b27d-9d81056ac1a7"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280075943"
source_hash: "8b6e573e31beaabd7b26d96ffde44675b3e15613f0abcfd6b8d3fa9b973fd627"
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 2009 (129) — An Act To Permit The Expansion Of Municipal Membership Of The Greater Portland Transit District

## 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=HP1430&item=1&snum=129)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1430&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Sara GIDEON — primary (person)
- Andrew McLEAN — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- Everett CARSON — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- Ralph TUCKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed.
- **2020-01-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-01-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2020-01-30** Committee on Bills in the Second Reading Reports no further verbal amendments necessary. Report Accepted.
- **2020-01-30** CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2020-01-30** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2020-01-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-01-30** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2020-01-30** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2020-01-30** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2020-01-30** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2020-01-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2020-01-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-02-04** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-02-04** 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/a35ac7f1-acf4-4381-b27d-9d81056ac1a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).