---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Validate Certain Proceedings Authorizing The Issuance Of Bonds And Notes By The City Of Rockland"
description: "An Act To Validate Certain Proceedings Authorizing The Issuance Of Bonds And Notes By The City Of Rockland"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 917"
citation: "Maine LD 917 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BONDING AUTHORITY", "MUNICIPALITIES", "ROCKLAND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valli GEIGER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2023-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f38667e-d46a-4ec7-8cb7-dbebf664d83f"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086840"
source_hash: "63cd987dfca8057a656159c9e6114cd3931ed3a701c8c0cb77694c3a096e8169"
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 917 (131) — An Act To Validate Certain Proceedings Authorizing The Issuance Of Bonds And Notes By The City Of Rockland

## 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=HP0573&item=1&snum=131)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0573&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Valli GEIGER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02** Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-03-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-04-27** Reports READ.
- **2023-04-27** Representative STOVER of Boothbay moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass Report.
- **2023-04-27** On motion of Representative TERRY of Gorham, TABLED pending the motion of Representative STOVER of Boothbay to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass Report.
- **2023-04-27** Later today assigned.
- **2023-06-06** Speaker laid before the House
- **2023-06-06** Subsequently, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-06** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-06** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-06** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-07** Reports Read
- **2023-06-07** On motion by Senator NANGLE of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
- **2023-06-07** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2023-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f38667e-d46a-4ec7-8cb7-dbebf664d83f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).