---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Clarify Activities Allowed Under The Natural Resources Protection Act"
description: "An Act To Clarify Activities Allowed Under The Natural Resources Protection Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 2063"
citation: "Maine LD 2063 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PLANTINGS", "PROTECTED NATURAL RESOURCES", "SAND DUNES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denise TEPLER"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-15"
last_action: "2026-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ca7173f-86f3-44cb-8ba8-669e130db878"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280100961"
source_hash: "c97e2947f9fe3500611bcaf7dad88674db9f4eb67305ee005b78d3c3e6f0ad27"
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 2063 (132) — An Act To Clarify Activities Allowed Under The Natural Resources Protection Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-508)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0851&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment C-B (S-509)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0851&item=3&snum=132)
3. **Chapter 590** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0851&item=4&snum=132)
4. **LD 2063 SP 851** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0851&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **20–13** (pass) · upper
- ACC OTP-AM BY CA "A" — **73–68** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Denise TEPLER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-15** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 15, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Reports READ
- **2026-02-24** Senator TEPLER of Sagadahoc moved the Majority OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED BY COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" (S-508) Report.
- **2026-02-24** On motion by Same Senator Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE of the Majority OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-508) Report.
- **2026-03-05** Taken from the table by the President
- **2026-03-05** ACCEPTANCE of The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-508) Report PREVAILED.
- **2026-03-05** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 737 Yeas 20 - Nays 13 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2026-03-05** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2026-03-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-508) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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" (S-508) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2026-03-12** Reports READ.
- **2026-03-12** On motion of Representative DOUDERA of Camden, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-12** ROLL CALL NO. 644
- **2026-03-12** (Yeas 73 - Nays 68 - Absent 8 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)
- **2026-03-12** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-508) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-12** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2026-03-12** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-508). `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+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/8ca7173f-86f3-44cb-8ba8-669e130db878`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).