---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Storm Water Management To Provide An Exemption For Mountain Bike Trails"
description: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Storm Water Management To Provide An Exemption For Mountain Bike Trails"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1835"
citation: "Maine LD 1835 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NONPOINT DISCHARGES", "STORM WATER MT BIKE TRAIL MGMT", "WATER QUALITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthea DAUGHTRY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-20"
last_action: "2022-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b808f9a6-af93-468e-a7a7-14e61ea7bdcd"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082205"
source_hash: "9a3e21e647d10d1f27e552f31016bf11494c2c26be3f228d034f8f72c1d1488d"
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 1835 (130) — An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Storm Water Management To Provide An Exemption For Mountain Bike Trails

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0653&item=1&snum=130)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0653&item=4&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Matthea DAUGHTRY — primary (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Arthur BELL — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca MILLETT — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley ZEIGLER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-20** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 20, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2022-02-10** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2022-02-10** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-02-10** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2022-02-16** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2022-02-16** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2022-02-16** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-02-23** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2022-02-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP
- **2022-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b808f9a6-af93-468e-a7a7-14e61ea7bdcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).