---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish The Maine Space Corporation"
description: "An Act To Establish The Maine Space Corporation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1923"
citation: "Maine LD 1923 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "PLANNING", "SPACEPORT CORPORATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthea DAUGHTRY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-18"
last_action: "2022-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d15c92e-7802-4d16-aa73-5197f143c773"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082484"
source_hash: "6ca58ee9f6a8a17f7bb6836b836128107cacb4b0c820290272f488b2ed0ab109"
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 1923 (130) — An Act To Establish The Maine Space Corporation

## 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=SP0678&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0678&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0678&item=3&snum=130)

## Votes

- ENACTMENT — **23–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Matthea DAUGHTRY — primary (person)
- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- David McCREA — cosponsor (person)
- Janice DODGE — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
- Scott CYRWAY — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffany ROBERTS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-18** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 18, 2022 and REFERRED to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Reports Read
- **2022-04-05** On motion by Senator CURRY of Waldo the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2022-04-05** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2022-04-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-502) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-502) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-04-05** Sent down for concurrence
- **2022-04-05** Reports READ.
- **2022-04-05** On motion of Representative ROBERTS of South Berwick, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2022-04-05** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-04-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-502) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-04-05** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2022-04-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-502). `reading-3`
- **2022-04-05** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 726 Yeas 23 - Nays 7 - Excused 4 - Absent 0
- **2022-04-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2022-04-01T04:00:00+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/2d15c92e-7802-4d16-aa73-5197f143c773`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).