---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Allow The Adoption Of Ordinances Prohibiting The Accumulation Of Trash On Private Property In Plantations And Unorganized Territories"
description: "An Act To Allow The Adoption Of Ordinances Prohibiting The Accumulation Of Trash On Private Property In Plantations And Unorganized Territories"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 585"
citation: "Maine LD 585 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANTATIONS", "ORDINANCES PROHIBITING TRASH ACCUMU"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David McCREA"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b670a5c9-af07-4986-86de-4b9a2588f26e"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071487"
source_hash: "1f62cd3c24683cafef80d40d99ba2471344df5caff515c258b38a4318e301b90"
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 585 (129) — An Act To Allow The Adoption Of Ordinances Prohibiting The Accumulation Of Trash On Private Property In Plantations And Unorganized Territories

## 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=HP0429&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0429&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0429&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- David McCREA — primary (person)
- Bruce WHITE — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica FAY — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle DUNPHY — cosponsor (person)
- Richard FARNSWORTH — cosponsor (person)
- Robert ALLEY — cosponsor (person)
- Roland MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
- Sheldon HANINGTON — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen STANLEY — 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** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-02** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-02** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-187).
- **2019-05-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-07** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-05-07** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Committee Amendment "A" (H-187) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-187), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-05-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-23** 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/b670a5c9-af07-4986-86de-4b9a2588f26e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).