---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, To Establish The Advisory Panel To Better Understand And Make Recommendations Regarding The Implications Of Genome-Editing Technology For The Citizens Of The State"
description: "Resolve, To Establish The Advisory Panel To Better Understand And Make Recommendations Regarding The Implications Of Genome-Editing Technology For The Citizens Of The State"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1771"
citation: "Maine LD 1771 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GENE-EDITING TECHNOLOGY PANEL", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPT", "POWERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Samuel ZAGER"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-11-30"
last_action: "2022-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7af99b9a-2316-4b31-8d33-ec063c9758f1"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280081979"
source_hash: "515526b74b7f7a0fd02fae06bd0eeee46907ea3f3461d1ae4ded36bca02c2b1e"
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 1771 (130) — Resolve, To Establish The Advisory Panel To Better Understand And Make Recommendations Regarding The Implications Of Genome-Editing Technology For The Citizens Of The State

## 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=HP1322&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1322&item=5&snum=130)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1322&item=1&snum=130)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1322&item=4&snum=130)

## Votes

- RECEDE AND CONCUR — **71–51** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Samuel ZAGER — primary (person)
- Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- James DILL — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle DUNPHY — cosponsor (person)
- Ned CLAXTON — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia HYMANSON — cosponsor (person)
- Richard EVANS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-30** Received by the Clerk of the House on November 30, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-11-30** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2022-02-23** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2022-02-23** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-770). `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-09** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2022-03-09** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-09** Committee Amendment "A" (H-770) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-03-09** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-770), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2022-03-22** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-24** On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc PLACED ON THE SPECIAL STUDY TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE, in concurrence.
- **2022-04-25** TAKEN FROM THE SPECIAL STUDY TABLE
- **2022-04-25** On motion by Senator DAUGHTRY of Cumberland Under suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-770) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** On motion by Same Senator Under further suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-770) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-648) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-770) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** Committee Amendment "A" (H-770) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-648) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-770) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-648) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** Sent down for concurrence
- **2022-04-25** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-770) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-648) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** ROLL CALL NO. 607
- **2022-04-25** (Yeas 71 - Nays 51 - Absent 25 - Excused 0 - Vacant 4)
- **2022-04-25** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-25** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-25** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+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/7af99b9a-2316-4b31-8d33-ec063c9758f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).