---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, To Install A Suicide Barrier On The Penobscot Narrows Bridge"
description: "Resolve, To Install A Suicide Barrier On The Penobscot Narrows Bridge"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1120"
citation: "Maine LD 1120 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BRIDGES", "PENOBSCOT NARROWS BRIDGE", "ROADS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glenn CURRY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/614f8c5e-96fc-4796-9ed7-03b65274cb16"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280087249"
source_hash: "66141b20a93ebb7a674edb0ab41f7112859b007b541bae899decd58d5d3ab5ca"
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 1120 (131) — Resolve, To Install A Suicide Barrier On The Penobscot Narrows Bridge

## 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=SP0454&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0454&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0454&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Glenn CURRY — primary (person)
- Benjamin CHIPMAN — cosponsor (person)
- David LAFOUNTAIN — cosponsor (person)
- Lynne WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)
- Peter LYFORD — cosponsor (person)
- Poppy ARFORD — cosponsor (person)
- Reagan PAUL — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald RUSSELL — cosponsor (person)
- Valli GEIGER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-09** Committee on TRANSPORTATION suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-03-16** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-06-12** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-12** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-234) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-12** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-234). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2023-06-12** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-06-12** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-06-12** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-234). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-14** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2023-06-14** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2023-06-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-14** On motion by Senator CHIPMAN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL HIGHWAY TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
- **2023-06-27** TAKEN FROM THE SPECIAL HIGHWAY TABLE
- **2023-06-27** Subsequently FINALLY PASSED - Emergency 2/3 Elected Required in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-06-08T04:00:00+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/614f8c5e-96fc-4796-9ed7-03b65274cb16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).