---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide Assistance To Areas Severely Infested With Browntail Moths"
description: "An Act To Provide Assistance To Areas Severely Infested With Browntail Moths"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1929"
citation: "Maine LD 1929 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AID TO MUNICIPALITIES", "PEST MANAGEMENT", "PESTICIDES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allison HEPLER"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-18"
last_action: "2022-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b16f39b-66ec-4b33-8f9f-cf16a913bf03"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082494"
source_hash: "86f09ad00fb2aef4858550411780351fabb232d4ae221aa59275a3824389922e"
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 1929 (130) — An Act To Provide Assistance To Areas Severely Infested With Browntail Moths

## 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=HP1436&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1436&item=9&snum=130)
3. **Divided Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1436&item=4&snum=130)
4. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1436&item=1&snum=130)
5. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1436&item=8&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Allison HEPLER — primary (person)
- Chloe MAXMIN — cosponsor (person)
- Colleen MADIGAN — cosponsor (person)
- Denise TEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Lydia CRAFTS — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah PEBWORTH — cosponsor (person)
- Sean PAULHUS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-18** Received by the Clerk of the House on January 18, 2022. `receipt`
- **2022-01-18** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2022-02-23** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2022-02-23** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-772). `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-09** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2022-03-09** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2022-03-09** Committee Amendment "A" (H-772) READ
- **2022-03-09** On motion by Senator BLACK of Franklin Senate Amendment "A" (S-436) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-772) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Committee Amendment "A" (H-772) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-436) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-772) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-436) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** Sent down for concurrence
- **2022-03-22** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-772) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-436) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-22** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-24** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-03-24** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-29** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2022-04-25** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2022-04-25** On motion by Same Senator Under suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-772) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Under further suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-772) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Under further suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Senate Amendment "A" (S-436) was ADOPTED AND to INDEFINITELY POSTPONE the same
- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "B" (S-636) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-772) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** Committee Amendment "A" (H-772) as Amended by Senate Amendment "B" (S-636) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-772) as Amended by Senate Amendment "B" (S-636) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** Sent down for concurrence
- **2022-04-25** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-772) as Amended by Senate Amendment "B" (S-636) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+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/8b16f39b-66ec-4b33-8f9f-cf16a913bf03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).