---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Continue Funding For Home-Delivered Meals For Homebound Seniors And To Address Growing Demand"
description: "An Act To Continue Funding For Home-Delivered Meals For Homebound Seniors And To Address Growing Demand"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 485"
citation: "Maine LD 485 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELDERLY", "HOME-DELIVERED MEALS", "NUTRITION SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ned CLAXTON"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2022-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/666939a5-df58-430b-9478-faf147ee7830"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078790"
source_hash: "16ab55d25e3cafd65eeacc1f59c965e800ef07d6e60454def525cb4f8f9a7b00"
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 485 (130) — An Act To Continue Funding For Home-Delivered Meals For Homebound Seniors And To Address Growing Demand

## 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=SP0191&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0191&item=5&snum=130)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0191&item=1&snum=130)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0191&item=4&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Ned CLAXTON — primary (person)
- Bruce WHITE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 17, 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.
- **2021-04-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2021-04-28** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Committee Amendment "A" (S-44) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-04-28** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-44). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2021-04-28** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-04-28** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-04-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-44). `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-04-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-05-19** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2021-07-19** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1302
- **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-44) `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-44) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-594) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-44) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-44) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-594) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-44) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-594) 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-44) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-594) 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`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+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/666939a5-df58-430b-9478-faf147ee7830`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).