---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, Directing The Department Of Agriculture, Conservation And Forestry To Assess Its Current Meat And Poultry Inspection Programs"
description: "Resolve, Directing The Department Of Agriculture, Conservation And Forestry To Assess Its Current Meat And Poultry Inspection Programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1198"
citation: "Maine LD 1198 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "CONSERVATION AND FORE", "MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION", "PROCEDURES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russell BLACK"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-20"
last_action: "2025-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c30c034b-e64d-4a20-a847-ea9bc0473c09"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097623"
source_hash: "c0a3b44db4e944ce2c7e60a628b75fb528bac83d0ff0756a45604ef9ebbd4ac7"
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 1198 (132) — Resolve, Directing The Department Of Agriculture, Conservation And Forestry To Assess Its Current Meat And Poultry Inspection Programs

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-90)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0487&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 41** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0487&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1198 SP 487** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0487&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Russell BLACK — primary (person)
- Caldwell JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- Chad PERKINS — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Dean CRAY — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- Mark COOPER — cosponsor (person)
- Randall HALL — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy GUERRETTE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-20** Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY suggested and ordered printed
- **2025-03-20** On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending REFERENCE
- **2025-03-20** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **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.
- **2025-05-20** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-20** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-20** Committee Amendment "A" (S-90) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-20** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-90). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-05-22** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-05-22** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-05-22** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-90). `reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-27** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2025-05-27** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-27** FINALLY PASSED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-05-15T04:00:00+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/c30c034b-e64d-4a20-a847-ea9bc0473c09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).