---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide The State Harness Racing Commission Greater Efficiency In Rules Enforcement"
description: "An Act To Provide The State Harness Racing Commission Greater Efficiency In Rules Enforcement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1944"
citation: "Maine LD 1944 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSION", "CONSENT AGREEMENTS", "HARNESS RACING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle DUNPHY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c2ee110-49b0-4ba7-b2d4-fd6c84ec2098"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082582"
source_hash: "2551c067d532c2fd9eab71e1807fa7a6c154ea48e1c06a17463db27bf37980d4"
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 1944 (130) — An Act To Provide The State Harness Racing Commission Greater Efficiency In Rules Enforcement

## 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=HP1449&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1449&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1449&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Michelle DUNPHY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-26** Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry suggested and ordered printed.
- **2022-01-26** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-01-26** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2022-03-31** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2022-03-31** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-897). `reading-3`
- **2022-03-31** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-05** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2022-04-05** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-04-05** Committee Amendment "A" (H-897) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-04-05** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-897), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-04-05** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2022-04-07** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2022-04-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-04-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+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/2c2ee110-49b0-4ba7-b2d4-fd6c84ec2098`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).