---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, To Study The Feasibility Of Building A Trail On The Mountain Division Rail Line"
description: "Resolve, To Study The Feasibility Of Building A Trail On The Mountain Division Rail Line"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 672"
citation: "Maine LD 672 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOUNTAIN DIVISION RAIL LINE", "RAILROADS", "TRAILS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard BENNETT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-02"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f6f490b-b430-4e42-9bfe-e4640e426547"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079136"
source_hash: "ddb11423f2b842b89f2933c0ac4dc5320fb4f12dcf34ed005b8f9bcce3fc6e09"
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 672 (130) — Resolve, To Study The Feasibility Of Building A Trail On The Mountain Division Rail Line

## 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=SP0258&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0258&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0258&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Richard BENNETT — primary (person)
- Kyle BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Lester ORDWAY — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan WADSWORTH — cosponsor (person)
- Stacy BRENNER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 2, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-06-07** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-07** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-167) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-167). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-07** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2021-06-07** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-06-07** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-06-07** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-167). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-08** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2021-06-08** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2021-06-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-09** FINALLY PASSED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+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/5f6f490b-b430-4e42-9bfe-e4640e426547`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).