---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Support Statewide Economic Opportunities Through Strategic Investments Of Property And Funds, Including Emergency Relief Funds"
description: "An Act To Support Statewide Economic Opportunities Through Strategic Investments Of Property And Funds, Including Emergency Relief Funds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 782"
citation: "Maine LD 782 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "CONSERVATION AND FORE", "GRANT AND FUND DISBURSEMENT", "PROCEDURES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stacy BRENNER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-28"
last_action: "2023-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cce9c863-0eab-40e2-9a36-bc5e33291747"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086575"
source_hash: "5ffb30c5b92b9808583c577303fd231d3dd582515f391a0cdad7f07775b8a7ea"
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 782 (131) — An Act To Support Statewide Economic Opportunities Through Strategic Investments Of Property And Funds, Including Emergency Relief Funds

## 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=SP0341&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0341&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0341&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Stacy BRENNER — primary (person)
- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
- Randall HALL — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-28** 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
- **2023-02-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** 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.
- **2023-05-16** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2023-05-16** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-05-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-93) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-16** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-05-18** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-18** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-93) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2023-05-23** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-05-23** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-05-23** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-93). `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-05-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+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/cce9c863-0eab-40e2-9a36-bc5e33291747`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).