---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding The Providing Of Human Food Waste To Swine Producers"
description: "An Act Regarding The Providing Of Human Food Waste To Swine Producers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 497"
citation: "Maine LD 497 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "DISEASES", "CONTROL AND MONITOR PROVISIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stacey GUERIN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc8fac6a-eeec-4563-8f81-3c8bdd39b992"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071336"
source_hash: "a091686864e756518fe681a83b7956ae1a1bcd0f55f80842bccc00ec60c4e48b"
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 497 (129) — An Act Regarding The Providing Of Human Food Waste To Swine Producers

## 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=SP0162&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0162&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0162&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Stacey GUERIN — primary (person)
- Bill DIAMOND — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- James DILL — cosponsor (person)
- MaryAnne KINNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Randall HALL — cosponsor (person)
- Russell BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas SKOLFIELD — cosponsor (person)
- William PLUECKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-26** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2019-03-26** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Committee Amendment "A" (S-17) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-03-26** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2019-03-28** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2019-03-28** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-17) `reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2019-04-02** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-04-02** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-04-02** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-17).
- **2019-04-02** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-04** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-04-19** 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/bc8fac6a-eeec-4563-8f81-3c8bdd39b992`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).