---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, To Facilitate The Provision Of Incentives For Soil Carbon Storage"
description: "Resolve, To Facilitate The Provision Of Incentives For Soil Carbon Storage"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 937"
citation: "Maine LD 937 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPREHENSIVE PLANS", "LAND USE PLANNING", "SOIL CARBON STORAGE INCENTIVES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laurie OSHER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d611d40-23ff-450a-a2c1-c7e038fbe2d2"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079388"
source_hash: "780934eb15cf2178d22df2f56ddad9641c4d2e308f82c42ae6984cd078e02f8f"
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 937 (130) — Resolve, To Facilitate The Provision Of Incentives For Soil Carbon Storage

## 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=HP0693&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0693&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0693&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Laurie OSHER — primary (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Chloe MAXMIN — cosponsor (person)
- Janice DODGE — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- Lydia BLUME — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie SACHS — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)
- Sophia WARREN — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley ZEIGLER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES suggested and ordered printed.
- **2021-03-10** On motion of Representative TUCKER of Brunswick, the Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-03-10** On motion by Senator Dill of Penobscot, REFERRED to the Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, in concurrence. `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.
- **2021-05-19** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-05-19** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-05-19** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-161). `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-05-19** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2021-05-19** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-19** Committee Amendment "A" (H-161) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-05-19** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-161), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2021-06-02** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2021-06-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-03** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-05-14T04:00:00+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/6d611d40-23ff-450a-a2c1-c7e038fbe2d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).