---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, To Require The Department Of Transportation To Implement The Recommendations Of The Lower Road Rail Use Advisory Council"
description: "Resolve, To Require The Department Of Transportation To Implement The Recommendations Of The Lower Road Rail Use Advisory Council"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 29"
citation: "Maine LD 29 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RAILROADS", "TOPSHAM TO GARDINER", "TRAILS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthea DAUGHTRY"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7243621d-1881-475c-89bc-bafab1611953"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095557"
source_hash: "b7fcac67fd86666d6377af2b04e8f41e1e8d25917e8940651e61099588521315"
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 29 (132) — Resolve, To Require The Department Of Transportation To Implement The Recommendations Of The Lower Road Rail Use Advisory Council

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-44)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0046&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment H-A to C-A (H-126)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0046&item=4&snum=132)
3. **Chapter 95** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0046&item=3&snum=132)
4. **LD 29 SP 46** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0046&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **116–26** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT HAH-126 to CAS-44 — **26–114** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matthea DAUGHTRY — primary (person)
- Sally CLUCHEY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 6, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **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.
- **2025-05-06** Reports READ
- **2025-05-06** On motion by Senator NANGLE of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2025-05-06** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-05-06** Committee Amendment "A" (S-44) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-44) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-05-07** Reports READ.
- **2025-05-07** On motion of Representative CRAFTS of Newcastle, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.
- **2025-05-07** Later today assigned.
- **2025-05-27** Speaker laid before the House
- **2025-05-27** Subsequently, on motion of Representative CRAFTS of Newcastle, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-27** ROLL CALL NO. 184
- **2025-05-27** (Yeas 116 - Nays 26 - Absent 9 - Excused 0)
- **2025-05-27** Committee Amendment "A" (S-44) was READ.
- **2025-05-27** On motion of Representative MONTELL of Gardiner, House Amendment "A" (H-126) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-44) was READ.
- **2025-05-27** Subsequently, House Amendment "A" (H-126) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-44) FAILED ADOPTION. `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-27** ROLL CALL NO. 185
- **2025-05-27** (Yeas 26 - Nays 114 - Absent 11 - Excused 0)
- **2025-05-27** Subsequently, Committee Amendment "A" (S-44) was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27** Under suspension of the rules, the Resolve was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-05-27** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-44) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-28** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-28** On motion by Senator NANGLE of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL HIGHWAY TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE in concurrence.
- **2025-06-18** On motion by Senator NANGLE of Cumberland, TAKEN FROM THE SPECIAL HIGHWAY TABLE.
- **2025-06-18** Subsequently, FINALLY PASSED in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7243621d-1881-475c-89bc-bafab1611953`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).