---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, Directing The Maine-Canadian Legislative Advisory Commission And The New England And Eastern Canada Legislative Commission To Examine Restoring Passenger Rail From Boston To Montreal"
description: "Resolve, Directing The Maine-Canadian Legislative Advisory Commission And The New England And Eastern Canada Legislative Commission To Examine Restoring Passenger Rail From Boston To Montreal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 472"
citation: "Maine LD 472 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOSTON TO MONTREAL", "PASSENGER", "RAILROADS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Margaret ROTUNDO"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef88e288-7ecb-490c-8d84-0342e9630987"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096338"
source_hash: "708bbcfd286aa8e15990927d4b481fa27cafb14e64b8261dcfe509e0f3bd79bd"
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 472 (132) — Resolve, Directing The Maine-Canadian Legislative Advisory Commission And The New England And Eastern Canada Legislative Commission To Examine Restoring Passenger Rail From Boston To Montreal

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-26)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0212&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 30** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0212&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 472 SP 212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0212&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Margaret ROTUNDO — primary (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph BALDACCI — cosponsor (person)
- Mark BABIN — cosponsor (person)
- Michael TIPPING — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 5, 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.
- **2025-04-29** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-04-29** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** Committee Amendment "A" (S-26) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-04-29** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-26). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-04-30** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-04-30** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-04-30** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-26). `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-06** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-07** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+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/ef88e288-7ecb-490c-8d84-0342e9630987`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).