---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, To Reestablish And Continue The Work Of The Blue Economy Task Force"
description: "Resolve, To Reestablish And Continue The Work Of The Blue Economy Task Force"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1023"
citation: "Maine LD 1023 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BLUE ECONOMY", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "PLANNING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jill DUSON"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-03-12"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0098dd5-2b1e-4cd6-8b63-81e7b3943e5e"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097387"
source_hash: "c19245b9c753693638018a9360a3ba154f8f93fa5a829cd98ede58dfa9c9efdb"
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 1023 (132) — Resolve, To Reestablish And Continue The Work Of The Blue Economy Task Force

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-297)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0441&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment C-B (S-298)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0441&item=3&snum=132)
3. **Amendment S-A to C-A (S-485)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0441&item=5&snum=132)
4. **Chapter 114** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0441&item=8&snum=132)
5. **LD 1023 SP 441** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0441&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- RECEDE AND CONCUR — **74–64** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jill DUSON — primary (person)
- Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron RENY — cosponsor (person)
- Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan RIELLY — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 12, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-06-05** Reports READ
- **2025-06-05** On motion by Senator CURRY of Waldo The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-297) Report ACCEPTED
- **2025-06-05** Resolve READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-06-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-297) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-297) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-05** Sent down for concurrence
- **2025-06-09** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-09** On motion of Representative GERE of Kennebunkport, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-09** The Resolve was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-09** Committee Amendment "A" (S-297) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-09** Under suspension of the rules, the Resolve was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-09** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-297). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-09** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-09** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2025-06-09** FAILED FINAL PASSAGE.
- **2025-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-10** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required In NON-CONCURRENCE
- **2025-06-25** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
- **2025-06-25** On motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby the Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-297) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-25** On further motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-297) was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-485) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-297) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-297) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-485) thereto ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-297) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-485) thereto in NON-CONCURRENCE. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-25** Sent down for concurrence.
- **2025-06-25** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-297) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-485) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-25** ROLL CALL NO. 594
- **2025-06-25** (Yeas 74 - Nays 64 - Absent 11 - Excused 2)
- **2025-06-25** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-25** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2025-06-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-25** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-07-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-06-05T04:00:00+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/d0098dd5-2b1e-4cd6-8b63-81e7b3943e5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).