---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Update Certain Water Quality Standards And To Reclassify Certain Waters Of The State"
description: "An Act To Update Certain Water Quality Standards And To Reclassify Certain Waters Of The State"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1964"
citation: "Maine LD 1964 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CLASSIFICATIONS", "RECLASSIFICATIONS", "WATER QUALITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stacy BRENNER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99c5e578-fea2-4dcc-9ae5-e7a370687acc"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082684"
source_hash: "2053b8df43840bc3bb459c7a4f7e9bf0d3a11acf59d91b58ee8f43527f953d93"
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 1964 (130) — An Act To Update Certain Water Quality Standards And To Reclassify Certain Waters Of The State

## 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=SP0690&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0690&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0690&item=3&snum=130)

## Votes

- Enactment — **129–0** (pass) · lower
- ENACTMENT — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stacy BRENNER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** Reported by Senator BRENNER of Cumberland for the Joint Standing Committee on Environment and Natural Resources pursuant to Joint Rule 353.
- **2022-02-10** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2022-02-10** On motion by Senator Brenner of Cumberland REFERRED to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2022-02-10** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2022-02-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-22** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2022-03-22** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-22** Committee Amendment "A" (S-447) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-03-22** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-447). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-22** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2022-03-22** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2022-03-22** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2022-03-22** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-447). `reading-3`
- **2022-03-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-24** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-03-24** ROLL CALL NO. 483
- **2022-03-24** (Yeas 129 - Nays 0 - Absent 19 - Excused 0 - Vacant 3)
- **2022-03-24** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-29** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-03-29** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 654 Yeas 33 - Nays 0 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2022-03-31** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+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/99c5e578-fea2-4dcc-9ae5-e7a370687acc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).