---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide Funding For A Ranger Pilot Position In The Maine Forest Service"
description: "An Act To Provide Funding For A Ranger Pilot Position In The Maine Forest Service"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 204"
citation: "Maine LD 204 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "CONSERVATION AND FORES", "ADMINISTRATION", "FOREST SERVICE HELICOPTER PILOT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle DUNPHY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7c5c441-ea18-457a-9f71-262c2862b124"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070977"
source_hash: "558d47f8cf312a848dd79c299606bdd2065ecf734aa5e29561ae2f6f534cdec6"
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 204 (129) — An Act To Provide Funding For A Ranger Pilot Position In The Maine Forest Service

## 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=HP0167&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0167&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0167&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **97–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michelle DUNPHY — primary (person)
- Chloe MAXMIN — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- David McCREA — cosponsor (person)
- James DILL — cosponsor (person)
- Roland MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
- Russell BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas SKOLFIELD — cosponsor (person)
- William PLUECKER — 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** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-24** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Reports READ.
- **2019-04-11** On motion of Representative HICKMAN of Winthrop, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.
- **2019-04-11** Later today assigned.
- **2019-04-16** Speaker laid before the House
- **2019-04-16** On motion of Representative HICKMAN of Winthrop, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-16** ROLL CALL NO. 47
- **2019-04-16** (Yeas 97 - Nays 42 - Absent 10 - Excused 1 Vacant 1)
- **2019-04-16** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Committee Amendment "A" (H-66) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-04-16** Subsequently, the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-66).
- **2019-04-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-18** Reports Read
- **2019-04-18** On motion by Senator DILL of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-18** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-04-18** Committee Amendment "A" (H-66) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-04-18** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-66) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-25** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-19** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2019-06-19** Subsequently 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/e7c5c441-ea18-457a-9f71-262c2862b124`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).