---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, Directing The Department Of Agriculture, Conservation And Forestry, Bureau Of Parks And Lands To Establish A Law Enforcement Training Program For Park Managers And Certain Bureau Staff"
description: "Resolve, Directing The Department Of Agriculture, Conservation And Forestry, Bureau Of Parks And Lands To Establish A Law Enforcement Training Program For Park Managers And Certain Bureau Staff"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 527"
citation: "Maine LD 527 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PARKS AND LANDS BUREAU", "POWERS", "TRAINING FOR PARK MANAGERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas SKOLFIELD"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1db89a3f-7ac4-41a5-aef7-45d1c1ba1bb0"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071374"
source_hash: "d1c02018c2f06c2763e4e745d5d98d321cc6a9cec9926fe4bf0af4c32c3c6169"
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 527 (129) — Resolve, Directing The Department Of Agriculture, Conservation And Forestry, Bureau Of Parks And Lands To Establish A Law Enforcement Training Program For Park Managers And Certain Bureau Staff

## 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=HP0384&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0384&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0384&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Thomas SKOLFIELD — primary (person)
- Donald MAREAN — cosponsor (person)
- Kent ACKLEY — cosponsor (person)
- Richard PICKETT — cosponsor (person)
- Roland MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
- Russell BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- Sheldon HANINGTON — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey GUERIN — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen STANLEY — cosponsor (person)
- William TUELL — 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.
- **2019-01-31** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-14** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-14** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-229).
- **2019-05-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-14** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-05-14** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-14** Committee Amendment "A" (H-229) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-229), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-05-16** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-21** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-19** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2019-06-19** Subsequently FINALLY PASSED 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/1db89a3f-7ac4-41a5-aef7-45d1c1ba1bb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).