---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Help Municipalities Prepare For Sea Level Rise"
description: "An Act To Help Municipalities Prepare For Sea Level Rise"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 563"
citation: "Maine LD 563 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAND USE", "COMPREHENSIVE PLANS", "SEA LEVEL CHANGE PLANNING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lydia BLUME"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c105e410-e4cb-4ac9-abe3-b53ee08c6dd4"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071458"
source_hash: "fe4a9b396e48a13e0c37407cd928450ccaebc5276d73d74544f0b7e46b7b5d6b"
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 563 (129) — An Act To Help Municipalities Prepare For Sea Level Rise

## 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=HP0407&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0407&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0407&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- Enactment — **100–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lydia BLUME — primary (person)
- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel HOBBS — cosponsor (person)
- Deane RYKERSON — cosponsor (person)
- Diane DENK — cosponsor (person)
- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Erik JORGENSEN — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- Mark BRYANT — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia HYMANSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-02-05** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-02-05** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Reports READ.
- **2019-05-02** On motion of Representative MARTIN of Sinclair, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-02** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** Committee Amendment "A" (H-180) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-05-02** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-180).
- **2019-05-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-07** Reports Read
- **2019-05-07** On motion by Senator CLAXTON of Androscoggin the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-07** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Committee Amendment "A" (H-180) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-05-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-180) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-09** ROLL CALL NO. 86
- **2019-05-09** (Yeas 100 - Nays 36 - Absent 13 - Excused 1 Vacant 1)
- **2019-05-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-24** 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/c105e410-e4cb-4ac9-abe3-b53ee08c6dd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).