---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Advance The Restoration Of The Penobscot River"
description: "An Act To Advance The Restoration Of The Penobscot River"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 817"
citation: "Maine LD 817 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SURFACE WATER", "RIVERS", "PENOBSCOT RIVER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James DILL"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cd145a2-1f5e-4680-b4e3-b86db357ecba"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071845"
source_hash: "8fdc9be29ae0324e1ebde466028e92e53d433025c9e9c7a71c787287cde1cce1"
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 817 (129) — An Act To Advance The Restoration Of The Penobscot River

## 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=SP0253&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0253&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0253&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- James DILL — primary (person)
- Gary DRINKWATER — cosponsor (person)
- Geoffrey GRATWICK — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberley ROSEN — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle DUNPHY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-02-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-11** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-11** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-11** Committee Amendment "A" (S-34) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-34). `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2019-04-16** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-04-16** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-04-16** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-34).
- **2019-04-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-04-30** 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/4cd145a2-1f5e-4680-b4e3-b86db357ecba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).