---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Address Food Insecurity By Helping Maine Residents Access Locally Produced Food"
description: "An Act To Address Food Insecurity By Helping Maine Residents Access Locally Produced Food"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 468"
citation: "Maine LD 468 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "CONSERVATION AND FORE", "FOOD INSECURITY RELIEF", "POWERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Henry INGWERSEN"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2026-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba3d4b07-40f8-4e3d-aaaf-46f5032352d0"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096331"
source_hash: "d133138a705b3472f91dc63d67f6a4046dafad2c8f271adee0e7d53f564d7613"
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 468 (132) — An Act To Address Food Insecurity By Helping Maine Residents Access Locally Produced Food

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-10)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0206&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment S-A (S-668)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0206&item=4&snum=132)
3. **Chapter 745** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0206&item=5&snum=132)
4. **LD 468 SP 206** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0206&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- Enactment — **139–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Henry INGWERSEN — primary (person)
- Daniel SAYRE — cosponsor (person)
- John DUCHARME — cosponsor (person)
- Kristen CLOUTIER — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret ROTUNDO — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- Randall HALL — cosponsor (person)
- Russell BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne SALISBURY — cosponsor (person)
- William PLUECKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 5, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY 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.
- **2025-04-08** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-04-08** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-08** Committee Amendment "A" (S-10) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-04-08** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-10). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-04-10** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-04-10** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-04-10** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-10). `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-04-15** ROLL CALL NO. 88
- **2025-04-15** (Yeas 139 - Nays 1 - Absent 10 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
- **2025-04-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-17** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence
- **2025-06-25** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.
- **2026-04-13** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
- **2026-04-13** On motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-10) in concurrence. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-668) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2026-04-13** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-10) AND Senate Amendment "A" (S-668) in NON-CONCURRENCE. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** Sent down for concurrence.
- **2026-04-13** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-10) and Senate Amendment "A" (S-668). `reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-04-07T04:00:00+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/ba3d4b07-40f8-4e3d-aaaf-46f5032352d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).