---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Revise Maine'S Environmental Laws"
description: "An Act To Revise Maine'S Environmental Laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 163"
citation: "Maine LD 163 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPT", "PROCEDURES", "REVISIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ralph TUCKER"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2a79214-0496-49a9-854e-15cb7f5c297b"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078114"
source_hash: "9cb30a2d5eee81690c25f020d9bd0504d7702e41dac7e7a62602b639fb3a625a"
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 163 (130) — An Act To Revise Maine'S Environmental Laws

## 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=HP0119&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0119&item=6&snum=130)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0119&item=1&snum=130)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0119&item=3&snum=130)
5. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0119&item=7&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Ralph TUCKER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** Received by the Clerk of the House on January 19, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-01-19** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-06-08** Reports READ.
- **2021-06-08** On motion of Representative TUCKER of Brunswick, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-08** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-08** Committee Amendment "A" (H-441) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-08** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-08** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-441). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-09** Reports Read
- **2021-06-09** On motion by Senator BRENNER of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-09** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09** Committee Amendment "A" (H-441) READ
- **2021-06-09** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland Senate Amendment "A" (S-221) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-441) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-09** Committee Amendment "A" (H-441) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-221) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-09** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-441) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-221) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-09** Sent down for concurrence
- **2021-06-10** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-441) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-221) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-10** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2021-06-10** Representative DILLINGHAM of Oxford REQUESTED a Roll Call. More than one-fifth of the members present expressed a desire for a roll call, which was ORDERED.
- **2021-06-10** On motion of Representative DUNPHY of Old Town, TABLED pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
- **2021-06-10** Later today assigned. (Roll Call Ordered)
- **2021-06-14** Speaker laid before the House
- **2021-06-14** On motion of Representative TUCKER of Brunswick, the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-441). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-14** On further motion of the same Representative, the House RECONSIDERED ADOPTION of Committee Amendment "A" (H-441).
- **2021-06-14** On further motion of same Representative House Amendment "A" (H-582) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-441) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (H-441) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-582) thereto was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-14** Subsequently, the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-441) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-221) and House Amendment "A" (H-582) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2021-06-14** In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
- **2021-06-14** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-15** On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc The Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED With PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-441) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-221) AND House Amendment "A" (H-582) thereto in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2021-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-06-07T04:00:00+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/d2a79214-0496-49a9-854e-15cb7f5c297b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).