---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Requiring A Contract For The Administration Of The Department Of Agriculture, Conservation And Forestry'S Low-Cost Spaying And Neutering Program"
description: "An Act Requiring A Contract For The Administration Of The Department Of Agriculture, Conservation And Forestry'S Low-Cost Spaying And Neutering Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1828"
citation: "Maine LD 1828 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "COMPANION", "SPAY & NEUTER PROGRAM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Catherine BREEN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-20"
last_action: "2022-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f517db2-4619-4946-b539-50eadf301eb2"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082177"
source_hash: "fa71ffbb265ba52ad9b55736fc5fb46c1348dfe422d3614eca32f29f4fbef845"
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 1828 (130) — An Act Requiring A Contract For The Administration Of The Department Of Agriculture, Conservation And Forestry'S Low-Cost Spaying And Neutering 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=SP0644&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0644&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0644&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Catherine BREEN — primary (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-20** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 20, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2022-03-09** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-09** Committee Amendment "A" (S-428) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-03-09** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-428). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2022-03-09** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2022-03-09** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2022-03-09** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-428). `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-22** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-24** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-03-29** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f517db2-4619-4946-b539-50eadf301eb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).