---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Ensure Adequate Funding For The Maine Pollutant Discharge Elimination System And Waste Discharge Licensing Program"
description: "An Act To Ensure Adequate Funding For The Maine Pollutant Discharge Elimination System And Waste Discharge Licensing Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1832"
citation: "Maine LD 1832 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPT", "PROCEDURES", "POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ralph TUCKER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-06-04"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c85b8f15-8854-47cd-8b9e-e2a2cfdd1681"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280074459"
source_hash: "1bcbbc35dcc5b80b0876c636736ca19a5fa19f9521de30f1a1783488530e232f"
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 1832 (129) — An Act To Ensure Adequate Funding For The Maine Pollutant Discharge Elimination System And Waste Discharge Licensing Program

## 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=HP1303&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1303&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1303&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Ralph TUCKER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-04** Committee on Environment and Natural Resources suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-06-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** Carried over to any special or regular session, or both, of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1322.
- **2019-06-20** CARRIED OVER to any Special or Regular Sessions, or both, of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1322.
- **2020-03-05** Reports READ.
- **2020-03-05** On motion of Representative TUCKER of Brunswick, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2020-03-05** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-05** Committee Amendment "A" (H-709) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2020-03-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-709).
- **2020-03-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-10** Reports Read
- **2020-03-10** On motion by Senator CARSON of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
- **2020-03-10** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2020-03-10** Committee Amendment "A" (H-709) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
- **2020-03-10** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-709) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2020-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-03-18** 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/c85b8f15-8854-47cd-8b9e-e2a2cfdd1681`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).