---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, Authorizing The Department Of Agriculture, Conservation And Forestry, Bureau Of Parks And Lands To Enter Into Certain Leases"
description: "Resolve, Authorizing The Department Of Agriculture, Conservation And Forestry, Bureau Of Parks And Lands To Enter Into Certain Leases"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1659"
citation: "Maine LD 1659 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "CONSERVATION AND FORE", "LEASES", "POWERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russell BLACK"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-13"
last_action: "2023-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e9268bb-3b4b-4616-818c-d7ce1a0d5036"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088716"
source_hash: "182dd0b086c6f48dd8aec0174b714414429da72418d9f76f0a52139e809c3018"
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 1659 (131) — Resolve, Authorizing The Department Of Agriculture, Conservation And Forestry, Bureau Of Parks And Lands To Enter Into Certain Leases

## 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=SP0664&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0664&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0664&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Russell BLACK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-13** Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-04-13** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-25** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2023-05-25** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-05-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-121) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-25** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-05-30** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-30** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-121) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2023-06-01** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-06-01** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-06-01** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-121). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-08** In accordance with Section 23 of Article IX of the Constitution, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2023-06-08** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2023-06-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-12** FINALLY PASSED - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-15** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-05-22T04:00:00+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/1e9268bb-3b4b-4616-818c-d7ce1a0d5036`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).