---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Restore Regular Eelgrass Mapping In The State"
description: "An Act To Restore Regular Eelgrass Mapping In The State"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 593"
citation: "Maine LD 593 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EELGRASS BEDS", "MARINE PLANTS", "RESTORE MAPPING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joyce McCREIGHT"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-22"
last_action: "2021-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f8a710a-d532-490e-8fc7-32747042dc37"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078985"
source_hash: "6321bae747f91485847c84b9761f380da698aa15eafe4d792ec5755f2781392d"
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 593 (130) — An Act To Restore Regular Eelgrass Mapping In 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=HP0436&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0436&item=5&snum=130)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0436&item=1&snum=130)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0436&item=4&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Joyce McCREIGHT — primary (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Chloe MAXMIN — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Ralph TUCKER — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley ZEIGLER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22** Received by the Clerk of the House on February 22, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-02-22** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `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** 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" (H-82). `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-04-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2021-04-28** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-82) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `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" (H-82), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Ordered sent down 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.
- **2021-07-01** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2021-07-01** Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-82) in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2021-07-01** Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-82) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-01** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-378) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-82) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-01** Committee Amendment "A" (H-82) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-378) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-01** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-82) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-378) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
- **2021-07-01** Sent down for concurrence
- **2021-07-02** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-82) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-378) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2021-07-02** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-07-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-07-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-07-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-07-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+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/1f8a710a-d532-490e-8fc7-32747042dc37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).