---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Ensure Public Notification Of Air Quality Violations"
description: "An Act To Ensure Public Notification Of Air Quality Violations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1706"
citation: "Maine LD 1706 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPT", "PROCEDURES", "NOTIFY MUNICIPALITIES OF AIR QUALIT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca MILLETT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-05-08"
last_action: "2019-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37241457-4c18-4b66-bdcd-4e742902d73e"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073810"
source_hash: "b2f266a6373d96d1354cacb95ca4c7dcfa1d905418a6da222ce1c3b25ecaa566"
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 1706 (129) — An Act To Ensure Public Notification Of Air Quality Violations

## 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=SP0562&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0562&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0562&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Rebecca MILLETT — primary (person)
- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher KESSLER — cosponsor (person)
- Everett CARSON — cosponsor (person)
- Lois RECKITT — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria MORALES — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-08** 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
- **2019-05-08** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-03** Reports READ
- **2019-06-03** Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
- **2019-06-03** On further motion by same Senator TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending his motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report,
- **2019-06-04** Taken from the table by the President
- **2019-06-04** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2019-06-04** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-06-04** Committee Amendment "A" (S-189) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-06-04** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-189) `reading-2`
- **2019-06-04** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-06-05** Reports READ.
- **2019-06-05** On motion of Representative TUCKER of Brunswick, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-05** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-189) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-05** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-06-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-189).
- **2019-06-05** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-07** 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/37241457-4c18-4b66-bdcd-4e742902d73e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).