---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish A Disaster Relief Fund For Potato Farmers Adversely Affected By Drought Conditions"
description: "An Act To Establish A Disaster Relief Fund For Potato Farmers Adversely Affected By Drought Conditions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1998"
citation: "Maine LD 1998 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASSISTANCE", "DISASTER RELIEF FUND", "POTATOES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-23"
last_action: "2022-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/683a0d93-b21b-45bd-8e93-2470b1c008ad"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082908"
source_hash: "1b78be2c0bdfef8f132c2d7792286fdb50724acf8c794cda743b500b9c809f92"
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 1998 (130) — An Act To Establish A Disaster Relief Fund For Potato Farmers Adversely Affected By Drought Conditions

## 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=SP0717&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0717&item=6&snum=130)
3. **Divided Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0717&item=3&snum=130)
4. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0717&item=1&snum=130)
5. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0717&item=5&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)
- David McCREA — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin WHITE — cosponsor (person)
- James DILL — cosponsor (person)
- John MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
- Roland MARTIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-23** Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2022-02-23** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-05** Reports READ
- **2022-04-05** Senator DILL of Penobscot moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended By Committee Amendment "A" (S-504) Report.
- **2022-04-05** On further motion by same Senator TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending his motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended By Committee Amendment "A" (S-504) Report,
- **2022-04-07** Taken from the table by the President
- **2022-04-07** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-504) Report ACCEPTED
- **2022-04-07** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2022-04-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-504) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-504) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** Sent down for concurrence
- **2022-04-11** Reports READ.
- **2022-04-11** On motion of Representative McCREA of Fort Fairfield, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2022-04-11** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-04-11** Committee Amendment "A" (S-504) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-04-11** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2022-04-11** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-504). `reading-3`
- **2022-04-11** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-12** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2022-04-25** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2022-04-25** On motion by Same Senator Under suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-504) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Under further suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-504) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-640) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-504) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-504) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-640) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-504) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-640) 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" (S-504) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-640) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2022-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/683a0d93-b21b-45bd-8e93-2470b1c008ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).