---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Allow Exceptions To The Height Limitations Under The Shoreland Zoning Laws"
description: "An Act To Allow Exceptions To The Height Limitations Under The Shoreland Zoning Laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1809"
citation: "Maine LD 1809 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEIGHT LIMITATIONS", "LAND USE", "SHORELAND ZONING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stacy BRENNER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-15"
last_action: "2022-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d83593f7-c922-451c-a40d-5479bbf0dcd5"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082152"
source_hash: "29367b88f8126c18fb335ef725e5261495b08ce4064c467ed6772c3d65d1f36e"
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 1809 (130) — An Act To Allow Exceptions To The Height Limitations Under The Shoreland Zoning 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=SP0636&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0636&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0636&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Stacy BRENNER — primary (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Kristi MATHIESON — cosponsor (person)
- Lori GRAMLICH — cosponsor (person)
- Lydia BLUME — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Russell BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria DOUDERA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-15** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 15, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Reports Read
- **2022-02-16** On motion by Senator BRENNER of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2022-02-16** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-415) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-415) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-02-16** Sent down for concurrence
- **2022-02-16** Reports READ.
- **2022-02-16** On motion of Representative TUCKER of Brunswick, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2022-02-16** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-415) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-02-16** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2022-02-16** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-415). `reading-3`
- **2022-02-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-02-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+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/d83593f7-c922-451c-a40d-5479bbf0dcd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).