---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, To Protect Consumers Of Public Drinking Water By Establishing Maximum Contaminant Levels For Certain Substances And Contaminants"
description: "Resolve, To Protect Consumers Of Public Drinking Water By Establishing Maximum Contaminant Levels For Certain Substances And Contaminants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 129"
citation: "Maine LD 129 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MAXIMUM CONTAMINENT LEVELS", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "SAFE DRINKING WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harold STEWART"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d102e62-c261-44fc-acbf-4c1c6a14448c"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078115"
source_hash: "8f2cafb185308402892c61a0895cdc279505b944b99852840b01711008e8bf24"
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 129 (130) — Resolve, To Protect Consumers Of Public Drinking Water By Establishing Maximum Contaminant Levels For Certain Substances And Contaminants

## 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=SP0064&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0064&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0064&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Harold STEWART — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 19, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-06-14** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-14** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-264) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-14** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-264). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-14** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2021-06-15** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-06-15** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-06-15** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-264). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-15** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-15** In accordance with the provisions of Section 21 of Article IX of the Constitution, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2021-06-15** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2021-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-16** FINALLY PASSED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d102e62-c261-44fc-acbf-4c1c6a14448c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).