---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Update Certain Water Quality Standards And To Reclassify Certain Waters Of The State"
description: "An Act To Update Certain Water Quality Standards And To Reclassify Certain Waters Of The State"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 2187"
citation: "Maine LD 2187 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CLASSIFICATIONS", "STANDARDS AND RECLASSIFICATIONS", "WATER QUALITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denise TEPLER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-03"
last_action: "2026-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/433ec8d1-66c0-4043-abec-9f056cd0cbe3"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280101423"
source_hash: "bb421201f93870d3135ce45cc26ad7f81bc51bc32094e04ee193378b986908db"
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 2187 (132) — An Act To Update Certain Water Quality Standards And To Reclassify Certain Waters Of The State

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-569)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0892&item=3&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 616** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0892&item=4&snum=132)
3. **LD 2187 SP 892** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0892&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP — **106–34** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MINORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **13–22** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Denise TEPLER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-03** Reported that the same be REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 464, subsection 3, paragraph B. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2026-02-03** Bill and accompanying papers REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Sent down for concurrence.
- **2026-02-10** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2026-02-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-24** Reports READ.
- **2026-03-24** Motion by Senator TEPLER of Sagadahoc to ACCEPT The Minority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-569) Report FAILED. `amendment-failure`
- **2026-03-24** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 786 Yeas 13 - Nays 22 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2026-03-24** Subsequently, The Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-24** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-24** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2026-03-24** Sent down for concurrence.
- **2026-03-25** Reports READ.
- **2026-03-25** On motion of Representative DOUDERA of Camden, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-25** ROLL CALL NO. 673
- **2026-03-25** (Yeas 106 - Nays 34 - Absent 9 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)
- **2026-03-25** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-25** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2026-03-25** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-25** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-03-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-04-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/433ec8d1-66c0-4043-abec-9f056cd0cbe3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).