---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Survey Food Insecurity In Maine"
description: "An Act To Survey Food Insecurity In Maine"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 2040"
citation: "Maine LD 2040 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "CONSERVATION AND FORE", "FOOD INSECURITY SURVEY", "POWERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William PLUECKER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-12-03"
last_action: "2026-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/187b0cd0-f2eb-40db-87c7-1f4e0623ad76"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280100905"
source_hash: "db66ad06ac6037c8cb91efdaebf49e5c8f6cd75a3978c3439b0f69167d8105db"
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 2040 (132) — An Act To Survey Food Insecurity In Maine

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (H-815)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1370&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 144** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1370&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 2040 HP 1370** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1370&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **116–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- William PLUECKER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-03** Received by the Clerk of the House on December 3, 2025. `receipt`
- **2025-12-03** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2026-03-03** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2026-03-03** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-815). `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-05** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2026-03-05** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-05** Committee Amendment "A" (H-815) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-05** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2026-03-10** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-10** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-815), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2026-03-12** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** ROLL CALL NO. 649
- **2026-03-12** (Yeas 116 - Nays 25 - Absent 8 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)
- **2026-03-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-17** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+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/187b0cd0-f2eb-40db-87c7-1f4e0623ad76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).