---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Concerning The Establishment Of Benefit Corporations"
description: "An Act Concerning The Establishment Of Benefit Corporations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1519"
citation: "Maine LD 1519 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS", "CORPORATIONS", "CREATION OF BENEFIT CORPORATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erin HERBIG"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-04-11"
last_action: "2019-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14affca9-c69e-479f-a5f2-75a2e7b28fcd"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073093"
source_hash: "832aed03a00358f8dacab391fc9464b3fd2ad378dbbe13109a68259f0f7867a6"
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 1519 (129) — An Act Concerning The Establishment Of Benefit Corporations

## Version chain

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

1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0468&item=1&snum=129)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0468&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Erin HERBIG — primary (person)
- Andrew McLEAN — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin COLLINGS — cosponsor (person)
- Bradlee FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- Drew GATTINE — cosponsor (person)
- Michael SYLVESTER — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
- Susan AUSTIN — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-11** Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed
- **2019-04-11** On motion by Senator CARPENTER of Aroostook REFERENCE to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-04-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-06** Reports Read
- **2019-06-06** On motion by Senator HERBIG of Waldo the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-06** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-2`
- **2019-06-06** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-06-07** Reports READ.
- **2019-06-07** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-07** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-07** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-06-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2019-06-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-17** 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/14affca9-c69e-479f-a5f2-75a2e7b28fcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).