---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Expand The Use Of Funds To Support Land Conservation"
description: "An Act To Expand The Use Of Funds To Support Land Conservation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1969"
citation: "Maine LD 1969 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION", "AGRICULTURE", "CONSERVATION AND FORE", "LAND CONSERVATION FUNDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Teresa PIERCE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-05-18"
last_action: "2023-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4335d0fb-10d7-41b8-90b0-a4d459d80f8c"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280089530"
source_hash: "5d6863a4c40ad1c9298f6979f6b6c06b507c7303d7b33283cf95906278276425"
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 1969 (131) — An Act To Expand The Use Of Funds To Support Land Conservation

## 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=SP0803&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0803&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0803&item=3&snum=131)

## Votes

- ENACTMENT - EMER — **120–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Teresa PIERCE — primary (person)
- Billy Bob FAULKINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron RENY — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica FAY — cosponsor (person)
- Russell BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- William PLUECKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-18** 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
- **2023-05-18** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-08** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-08** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-08** Committee Amendment "A" (S-233) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-08** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-233). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 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 Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-233). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-13** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2023-06-13** Representative TERRY of Gorham REQUESTED a Roll Call. More than one-fifth of the members present expressed a desire for a roll call, which was ORDERED.
- **2023-06-13** On further motion of same Representative TABLED pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
- **2023-06-13** Later today assigned. (Roll Call Ordered)
- **2023-06-13** Speaker laid before the House
- **2023-06-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-13** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House being necessary, a total was taken.
- **2023-06-13** ROLL CALL NO. 193
- **2023-06-13** (Yeas 120 - Nays 20 - Absent 9 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)
- **2023-06-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+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/4335d0fb-10d7-41b8-90b0-a4d459d80f8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).