---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide For Legislative Review Of Federally Mandated Major Substantive Rules Under The Maine Administrative Procedure Act"
description: "An Act To Provide For Legislative Review Of Federally Mandated Major Substantive Rules Under The Maine Administrative Procedure Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 285"
citation: "Maine LD 285 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE GOVERNMENT", "ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT", "RULEMAKING PROCESS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanley ZEIGLER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/936b1949-3af0-4948-a2df-93be20116059"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071038"
source_hash: "effa00328c4627d270df60f3da69be99c1f84b85dd341d8f71f7daedfeceaebe"
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 285 (129) — An Act To Provide For Legislative Review Of Federally Mandated Major Substantive Rules Under The Maine Administrative Procedure Act

## 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=HP0209&item=1&snum=129)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0209&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP — **84–55** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stanley ZEIGLER — primary (person)
- Ann MATLACK — cosponsor (person)
- Bettyann SHEATS — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Erin HERBIG — cosponsor (person)
- Kent ACKLEY — cosponsor (person)
- Scott CUDDY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-22** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-24** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Reports READ.
- **2019-03-19** On motion of Representative MARTIN of Sinclair, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-03-19** ROLL CALL NO. 17
- **2019-03-19** (Yeas 84 - Nays 55 - Absent 10 - Excused 1 Vacant 1)
- **2019-03-19** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-03-19** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2019-03-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-21** Reports Read
- **2019-03-21** On motion by Senator CLAXTON of Androscoggin the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
- **2019-03-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2019-03-26** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2019-03-26** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** Ordered sent down forthwith
- **2019-03-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-04-11** 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/936b1949-3af0-4948-a2df-93be20116059`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).