---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Improve Access To Grant Funding For The Maine Farms For The Future Program"
description: "An Act To Improve Access To Grant Funding For The Maine Farms For The Future Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1925"
citation: "Maine LD 1925 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FARMS", "FUNDING", "PRESERVATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laurie OSHER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-05-06"
last_action: "2025-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/356047ba-8828-4b11-a0d9-dc7c7c1b5ab4"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280099088"
source_hash: "70976dfe49206f61b5184ed3d5f4c8637da9dc580a0d4843a1f7df5d754195af"
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 1925 (132) — An Act To Improve Access To Grant Funding For The Maine Farms For The Future Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (H-349)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1286&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 254** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1286&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1925 HP 1286** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1286&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Laurie OSHER — primary (person)
- Ambureen RANA — cosponsor (person)
- Gary FRIEDMANN — cosponsor (person)
- James WHITE — cosponsor (person)
- Paul FLYNN — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
- Randall HALL — cosponsor (person)
- Stacy BRENNER — cosponsor (person)
- William PLUECKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-06** Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry suggested and ordered printed.
- **2025-05-06** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-06** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-02** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-06-02** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-06-02** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-349). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-02** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2025-06-02** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-02** Committee Amendment "A" (H-349) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-02** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-349), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-02** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2025-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-05-29T04:00:00+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/356047ba-8828-4b11-a0d9-dc7c7c1b5ab4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).