---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Encourage The Purchase Of Local Produce For Public Schools"
description: "An Act To Encourage The Purchase Of Local Produce For Public Schools"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 454"
citation: "Maine LD 454 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FARMS", "PROMOTION", "LOCAL PRODUCE FUND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eloise VITELLI"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/badcfb19-e6d7-401a-8f65-49c103a02aaa"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071207"
source_hash: "a7b658ed936406d18eaa89538403789e9423e7bdc0df5e182f63ec5d6248ab95"
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 454 (129) — An Act To Encourage The Purchase Of Local Produce For Public Schools

## 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=SP0132&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0132&item=5&snum=129)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0132&item=1&snum=129)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0132&item=4&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Eloise VITELLI — primary (person)
- David McCREA — cosponsor (person)
- Kent ACKLEY — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle DUNPHY — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca MILLETT — cosponsor (person)
- Scott CUDDY — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- William PLUECKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-01-29** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-21** Reports Read
- **2019-05-21** On motion by Senator MILLETT of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-05-21** Committee Amendment "A" (S-108) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-05-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-108) `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-05-23** Reports READ.
- **2019-05-23** On motion of Representative KORNFIELD of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-23** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-23** Committee Amendment "A" (S-108) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-05-23** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-108).
- **2019-05-23** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-29** 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** Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-108)
- **2019-06-19** Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-108) was ADOPTED
- **2019-06-19** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-327) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-108) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-06-19** Committee Amendment "A" (S-108) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-327) thereto ADOPTED
- **2019-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-108) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-327) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-19** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-06-19** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-108) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-327) thereto.
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 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/badcfb19-e6d7-401a-8f65-49c103a02aaa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).