---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Improve Shoreland Zoning Rules And Enforcement To Support Municipalities"
description: "An Act To Improve Shoreland Zoning Rules And Enforcement To Support Municipalities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 562"
citation: "Maine LD 562 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAND USE", "SHORELAND ZONING", "ENFORCEMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lydia BLUME"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d32b89d-3389-4364-b2a9-6552b098dc53"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071457"
source_hash: "9345135a61a941dfcaca98456d1c6428fd7c834c0e78b305226bbbaee5869032"
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 562 (129) — An Act To Improve Shoreland Zoning Rules And Enforcement To Support Municipalities

## 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=HP0406&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0406&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0406&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **94–48** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lydia BLUME — primary (person)
- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- Deane RYKERSON — cosponsor (person)
- Diane DENK — cosponsor (person)
- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Genevieve McDONALD — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica FAY — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Committee on Environment and Natural Resources suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-02-05** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-02-05** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Reports READ.
- **2019-03-26** On motion of Representative TUCKER of Brunswick, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-03-26** ROLL CALL NO. 22
- **2019-03-26** (Yeas 94 - Nays 48 - Absent 7 - Excused 1 Vacant 1)
- **2019-03-26** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Committee Amendment "A" (H-38) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-03-26** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-38).
- **2019-03-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-28** Reports Read
- **2019-03-28** On motion by Senator CARSON of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
- **2019-03-28** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-38) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
- **2019-03-28** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2019-04-02** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-02** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-38), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Ordered sent down 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/0d32b89d-3389-4364-b2a9-6552b098dc53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).