---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Exempt Certain Conservation Lots From Municipal Subdivision Review"
description: "An Act To Exempt Certain Conservation Lots From Municipal Subdivision Review"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 596"
citation: "Maine LD 596 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAND USE PLANNING", "REGULATION", "SUBDIVISIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Teresa PIERCE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de231cd2-eb7e-4796-ba4b-fdc91fc1f982"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086163"
source_hash: "be0806d31c93ecb1a61d9991857ca21722722ca283e57fd7df2361d706e7c08d"
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 596 (131) — An Act To Exempt Certain Conservation Lots From Municipal Subdivision Review

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0264&item=1&snum=131)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0264&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Teresa PIERCE — primary (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Lori GRAMLICH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-02-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** 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.
- **2023-04-27** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2023-04-27** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-04-27** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-05-02** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-02** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2023-05-03** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-05-03** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-05-03** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-04** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+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/de231cd2-eb7e-4796-ba4b-fdc91fc1f982`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).