---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding The Terms Of Trustees Of The Phippsburg Cemetery District"
description: "An Act Regarding The Terms Of Trustees Of The Phippsburg Cemetery District"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 138"
citation: "Maine LD 138 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CEMETERIES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PHIPPSBURG CEMETERY DISTRICT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allison HEPLER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56f0d603-c9f5-4cd7-b587-ad9a64240a78"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085307"
source_hash: "71c23955d299b7783c43ad16784a34b8eedfa72b5a647f6afddb62c64610e4cc"
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 138 (131) — An Act Regarding The Terms Of Trustees Of The Phippsburg Cemetery District

## 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=HP0084&item=4&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0084&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0084&item=5&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Allison HEPLER — primary (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-01-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-01-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-05-02** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-05-02** On OBJECTION of Representative STOVER of Boothbay REMOVED.
- **2023-05-02** The Committee Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-02** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-05-02** On motion of Representative STOVER of Boothbay, House Amendment "A" (H-95) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2023-05-02** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-95) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-03** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2023-05-03** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-05-03** House Amendment "A" (H-95) READ and ADOPTED
- **2023-05-03** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-05-04** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-04** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY House Amendment "A" (H-95), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2023-05-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-05-15** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP
- **2023-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56f0d603-c9f5-4cd7-b587-ad9a64240a78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).