---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Aid Certain Veterans' Organizations"
description: "An Act To Aid Certain Veterans' Organizations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 217"
citation: "Maine LD 217 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "LICENSING", "VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael SYLVESTER"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da7bff41-9bd2-4b61-90f8-f9aab93cf101"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071008"
source_hash: "b00f58902b8ae6de545a447783b881b2c1f2c96f8e42ebd74c711e948bfa71a4"
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 217 (129) — An Act To Aid Certain Veterans' Organizations

## 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=HP0180&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0180&item=5&snum=129)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0180&item=1&snum=129)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0180&item=4&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Michael SYLVESTER — primary (person)
- Benjamin COLLINGS — cosponsor (person)
- Dale DENNO — cosponsor (person)
- David McCREA — cosponsor (person)
- James HANDY — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffery HANLEY — cosponsor (person)
- Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
- Richard FARNSWORTH — cosponsor (person)
- Walter RISEMAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-22** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-24** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-03-28** On OBJECTION of Representative FECTEAU of Biddeford REMOVED.
- **2019-03-28** The Committee Report was READ.
- **2019-03-28** On motion of Representative FECTEAU of Biddeford, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of the Committee Report.
- **2019-03-28** Later today assigned.
- **2019-04-04** Speaker laid before the House
- **2019-04-04** Subsequently, the Committee Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-04** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Committee Amendment "A" (H-39) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-04-04** On motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, House Amendment "A" (H-61) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-04** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-39)
- **2019-04-04** and House Amendment "A" (H-61).
- **2019-04-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-11** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2019-04-11** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-04-11** Committee Amendment "A" (H-39) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
- **2019-04-11** House Amendment "A" (H-61) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
- **2019-04-11** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-39) AND House Amendment "A" (H-61) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-04-22** 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/da7bff41-9bd2-4b61-90f8-f9aab93cf101`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).