---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, To Direct The Department Of Transportation To Implement The Recommendations Of The Mountain Division Rail Use Advisory Council"
description: "Resolve, To Direct The Department Of Transportation To Implement The Recommendations Of The Mountain Division Rail Use Advisory Council"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 404"
citation: "Maine LD 404 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["POWERS", "RAIL TRAIL", "TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard BENNETT"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0a2e39e-7edb-4abc-9682-b644427422c1"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085725"
source_hash: "116fb678ed65ab9e0e27fb1c090fa8a436b3641f37da4f1d8880cdc49a2efce2"
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 404 (131) — Resolve, To Direct The Department Of Transportation To Implement The Recommendations Of The Mountain Division Rail Use Advisory Council

## 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=SP0185&item=3&snum=131)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0185&item=2&snum=131)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0185&item=1&snum=131)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0185&item=4&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MINORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED "B" (S-347) REPORT — **7–27** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Richard BENNETT — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Committee on TRANSPORTATION suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-02-02** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** 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.
- **2023-06-21** Reports READ
- **2023-06-21** Senator CHIPMAN of Cumberland moved to Accept The Minority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "B" (S-347) Report
- **2023-06-21** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 415 Yeas 7 - Nays 27 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 FAILED
- **2023-06-21** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-346) Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-06-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-21** Committee Amendment "A" (S-346) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-346) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-21** Sent down for concurrence
- **2023-06-22** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-22** On motion of Representative WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-22** The Resolve was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-22** Committee Amendment "A" (S-346) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-22** Under suspension of the rules, the Resolve was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-22** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-346). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-22** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2023-06-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-22** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-28** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0a2e39e-7edb-4abc-9682-b644427422c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).