---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Expand Maine'S Moose Lottery To Benefit Wounded Service Members And Veterans"
description: "An Act To Expand Maine'S Moose Lottery To Benefit Wounded Service Members And Veterans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 708"
citation: "Maine LD 708 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GAME", "MOOSE", "LOTTERY PROVISIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63af2568-b989-4c6e-b297-7260a50f3b63"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071685"
source_hash: "14139da3ef8b27c591abfdd138ad1409f26e8b098093298c28dbd47c70877dde"
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 708 (129) — An Act To Expand Maine'S Moose Lottery To Benefit Wounded Service Members And Veterans

## 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=SP0221&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0221&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0221&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)
- John MARTIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-02-12** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-21** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-21** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-21** Committee Amendment "A" (S-112) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-112). `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2019-05-23** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-23** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-23** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-112).
- **2019-05-23** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-28** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-05-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-29** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-05** 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/63af2568-b989-4c6e-b297-7260a50f3b63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).