---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Clarifying Exemptions From The Notification Requirements For Products Containing Pfas"
description: "An Act Clarifying Exemptions From The Notification Requirements For Products Containing Pfas"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 987"
citation: "Maine LD 987 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PFAS", "TOXIC CHEMICALS", "TOXIC SUBSTANCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradlee FARRIN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-11"
last_action: "2025-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f8b1400-5206-4aa3-b645-5fd42f8164a1"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097264"
source_hash: "898f868433bb098697d3912825acbfb37dd8f492794e052cb9e1ee3838899ba6"
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 987 (132) — An Act Clarifying Exemptions From The Notification Requirements For Products Containing Pfas

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-27)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0419&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 67** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0419&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 987 SP 419** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0419&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Bradlee FARRIN — primary (person)
- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
- Russell BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- Susan BERNARD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-11** Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-03-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **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** Reports READ
- **2025-04-29** On motion by Senator TEPLER of Sagadahoc The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2025-04-29** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** Committee Amendment "A" (S-27) READ. ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-29** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-27) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-04-30** Reports READ.
- **2025-04-30** On motion of Representative DOUDERA of Camden, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-04-30** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-30** Committee Amendment "A" (S-27) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-04-30** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-04-30** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-27). `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-04-25T04:00:00+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/8f8b1400-5206-4aa3-b645-5fd42f8164a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).