---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, To Support Municipal Recycling Programs"
description: "Resolve, To Support Municipal Recycling Programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1431"
citation: "Maine LD 1431 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WASTES", "PACKAGING", "PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael DEVIN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-28"
last_action: "2019-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05b036c7-0b6b-4c36-9c04-8de96b9a6393"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072803"
source_hash: "10ad5d1f372e2bc506d334ebe73c62963e8248825c87a90cec3e767a4bec0f0d"
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 1431 (129) — Resolve, To Support Municipal Recycling Programs

## Version chain

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

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1041&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1041&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1041&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Michael DEVIN — primary (person)
- Dennis KESCHL — cosponsor (person)
- Everett CARSON — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica FAY — cosponsor (person)
- Lois RECKITT — cosponsor (person)
- Lori GRAMLICH — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)
- Ralph TUCKER — cosponsor (person)
- Robert FOLEY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-28** Committee on Environment and Natural Resources suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-03-28** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-14** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-14** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-237).
- **2019-05-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-14** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-05-14** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-14** Committee Amendment "A" (H-237) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-237), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-05-16** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-21** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05b036c7-0b6b-4c36-9c04-8de96b9a6393`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).