---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, Establishing The Commission To Study Unregulated Storm Water Pollution"
description: "Resolve, Establishing The Commission To Study Unregulated Storm Water Pollution"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 646"
citation: "Maine LD 646 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NONPOINT DISCHARGES", "STORM WATER COMMISSION", "WATER QUALITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arthur BELL"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2026-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d818574-90dd-4545-85ce-f9d682323c91"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096716"
source_hash: "de589aa299df864aff294be3308415b57dc7212041190bfe8bf98337de665a5b"
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 646 (132) — Resolve, Establishing The Commission To Study Unregulated Storm Water Pollution

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (H-98)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0414&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment S-A to C-A (S-715)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0414&item=4&snum=132)
3. **Chapter 166** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0414&item=5&snum=132)
4. **LD 646 HP 414** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0414&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Arthur BELL — primary (person)
- Daniel ANKELES — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie OSHER — cosponsor (person)
- Lori GRAMLICH — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan RIELLY — cosponsor (person)
- Parnell TERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria DOUDERA — cosponsor (person)
- William BRIDGEO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** Received by the Clerk of the House on February 20, 2025. `receipt`
- **2025-02-20** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `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** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-05-06** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-05-06** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-98). `reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-07** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2025-05-07** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Committee Amendment "A" (H-98) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-98), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2025-05-13** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2025-05-13** FAILED FINAL PASSAGE.
- **2025-05-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-14** On motion by Senator DUSON of Cumberland placed on the SPECIAL STUDY TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE In NON-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.
- **2026-04-14** On motion by Senator DUSON of Cumberland taken from the Special Study Table
- **2026-04-14** 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" (H-98) in concurrence. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-14** On further motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-98) was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-14** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-715) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-98) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-14** Committee Amendment "A" (H-98) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-715) thereto ADOPTED in NON-CONCURRENCE. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-14** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-98) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-715) thereto in NON-CONCURRENCE. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-14** Sent down for concurrence.
- **2026-04-14** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-98) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-715) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-14** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-14** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-14** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered - TABLED
- **2025-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-05-02T04:00:00+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/3d818574-90dd-4545-85ce-f9d682323c91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).